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From: Gilles Chanteperdrix <gilles.chanteperdrix@xenomai.org>
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Subject: Re: [Xenomai-core] x86 FPU switches routines.
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To: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@domain.hid>
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Jan Kiszka wrote:
> Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>As once discussed with Heikki, and after a first missed attempt, here
>>is a patch for x86 which attempts to cope correctly with Linux (non
>>real-time) drivers using FPU in kernel-space.
>>
>>I tested it on my laptop without drivers using FPU, and it appears to
>>work correctly, but it would be nice if people that had problems with
>>the previous attempt (if I remember correctly, on old pentiums and on
>>AMD processors) could test this patch.
> 
> 
> Just fired up on a Pentium MMX which used to have problems with the
> first approad. Switchtest reports no problems.
> 
> What about writing a simple test case for the non-RT in-kernel FPU usage?

I plan to add it to the switchtest driver, but I wanted to make sure
that the new support already works in the usual case.

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                                                  Gilles Chanteperdrix