Subject: Re: INSN_EMULATION
To: Matt Thomas <matt@netbsd.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-vax
Date: 08/26/2000 11:59:09
On Sat, 26 Aug 2000, Matt Thomas wrote:

> Module Name:	syssrc
> Committed By:	matt
> Date:		Sat Aug 26 02:31:03 UTC 2000
> 
> Modified Files:
> 	syssrc/sys/arch/vax/conf: GENERIC files.vax
> 	syssrc/sys/arch/vax/vax: intvec.s unimpl_emul.s
> 
> Log Message:
> Reverse polarity on INSN_EMULATION to NO_INSN_EMULATION.  Thus by default
> all kernels will have instruction emulation.

	Would it make sense to conditionalise this based on the CPU?

	Splitting it on a per instruction basis would probably involve
	too much hair, but could it be done on common sets of
	instructions?

	Alternatively it would be nice to document which CPUs do not
	require it at all...


                David/absolute
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