On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 12:44:47AM -0700, Matt Thomas wrote:

 > When AltiVec is present (__VEC__ is defined), the jmp_buf is
 > extended by 48 bytes and vector registers are saved starting
 > at offset 256 and the contents of VRSAVE are at offset 248.
 > 
 > This requires a different setjmp/longjmp, etal so perform the
 > optional altivec instructions.

Actually, I'd say that you simply should not do this at all.  These
routines don't save/restore FP state either, for example.

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com>