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From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>
Cc: "H . J . Lu" <hjl@lucon.org>,
	GNU libc hacker <libc-hacker@sources.redhat.com>,
	linux-mips@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: thread-ready ABIs
Date: 18 Jan 2002 12:20:51 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3vgdz2yxo.fsf@myware.mynet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1020118204144.22923P-100000@delta.ds2.pg.gda.pl>

"Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl> writes:

> But what about that Alpha's special code?  It could possibly be
> reused given the large Alpha's similarity to MIPS.

No.  Alpha has certain builtin code which looks similar to calls or
software interrupts but are executed in the CPU.  This allows access
to some memory in the CPU which is almost as fast as a normal register
access.  MIPS doesn't have such hardware.  If you cannot find a
register you're doomed.

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  reply	other threads:[~2002-01-18 21:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 94+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <m3elkoa5dw.fsf@myware.mynet>
2002-01-18 18:19 ` thread-ready ABIs H . J . Lu
2002-01-18 18:31   ` Ulrich Drepper
2002-01-18 19:08     ` H . J . Lu
2002-01-18 19:20       ` Ulrich Drepper
2002-01-19 12:14         ` Dominic Sweetman
2002-01-19 12:14           ` Dominic Sweetman
2002-01-20  0:14     ` Ralf Baechle
2002-01-18 20:03   ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-01-18 20:20     ` Ulrich Drepper [this message]
2002-01-18 20:50       ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-01-18 21:02         ` Ulrich Drepper
2002-01-18 21:35           ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-01-18 21:44             ` Ulrich Drepper
2002-01-18 22:17               ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-01-18 21:23   ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2002-01-19  0:35   ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-19  0:35     ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-19  4:11     ` H . J . Lu
2002-01-19 12:27       ` Dominic Sweetman
2002-01-19 19:42         ` H . J . Lu
2002-01-21 13:27           ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-01-19 22:21         ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-19 22:21           ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-20 10:38       ` Machida Hiroyuki
2002-01-20 11:58         ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-20 11:58           ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-20 13:16           ` Machida Hiroyuki
2002-01-22  6:27             ` patches for test-and-set without ll/sc (Re: thread-ready ABIs) Machida Hiroyuki
2002-01-22  6:37               ` Ulrich Drepper
2002-01-22  6:46                 ` Machida Hiroyuki
2002-01-22  6:56                   ` Ulrich Drepper
2002-01-24  9:56                 ` Andreas Jaeger
2002-01-24  9:56                   ` Andreas Jaeger
2002-01-20 19:19           ` thread-ready ABIs H . J . Lu
2002-01-21  9:39             ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-21  9:39               ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-21 13:56               ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-01-21 18:24                 ` H . J . Lu
2002-01-21 18:36                   ` Ulrich Drepper
2002-01-21 18:52                     ` H . J . Lu
2002-01-21 18:58                       ` H . J . Lu
2002-01-21 18:59                       ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2002-01-21 19:05                         ` H . J . Lu
2002-01-21 19:09                           ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2002-01-21 19:18                             ` H . J . Lu
2002-01-21 21:04                         ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-21 21:04                           ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-21 19:30                       ` Geoff Keating
2002-01-21 21:07                       ` Ulrich Drepper
2002-01-21 13:43             ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2002-01-20  0:24     ` Ralf Baechle
2002-01-21 23:22       ` Ulrich Drepper
2002-01-21 23:57         ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-21 23:57           ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-22  0:16           ` Ulrich Drepper
2002-01-22  0:16             ` Ulrich Drepper
2002-01-22  9:37             ` Dominic Sweetman
2002-01-22  9:37               ` Dominic Sweetman
2002-01-22 17:41               ` Ulrich Drepper
2002-01-22 17:41                 ` Ulrich Drepper
2002-01-22  9:59           ` Dominic Sweetman
2002-01-22  9:59             ` Dominic Sweetman
2002-01-22 12:18             ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-22 12:18               ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-22 15:21               ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2002-01-22 15:44                 ` Dominic Sweetman
2002-01-22 21:44                   ` Tommy S. Christensen
2002-01-22 21:53                     ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-22 21:53                       ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-22 23:13                       ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-22 23:13                         ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-23  1:12                     ` Jason Gunthorpe
2002-01-22 16:05                 ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-22 16:05                   ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-22 16:34                   ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2002-01-22 17:08                     ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-22 17:08                       ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-22 17:13                       ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2002-01-22 17:34                         ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-22 17:34                           ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-22 17:37                           ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2002-01-22 17:47                             ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-22 17:47                               ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-22 17:57                               ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2002-01-22 18:18                                 ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-22 18:18                                   ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-27 20:24                         ` Alan Cox
2002-01-27 20:24                           ` Alan Cox
2002-01-28  8:50                           ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-28  8:50                             ` Kevin D. Kissell
2002-01-22  1:39   ` Richard Henderson
2002-01-18 21:24 Justin Carlson
2002-01-18 21:31 ` Ulrich Drepper
2002-01-18 21:42 ` Maciej W. Rozycki

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