From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from palrel12.hp.com (palrel12.hp.com [156.153.255.237]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 894004829 for ; Tue, 12 Nov 2002 12:31:37 -0700 (MST) Reply-To: From: "Jim Hull" To: "'John David Anglin'" Cc: , , Subject: RE: [parisc-linux] glibc 2.3.1 - It's alive! - patches Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 11:31:32 -0800 Message-ID: <012c01c28a82$1b5c71a0$6763f40f@cup.hp.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" In-Reply-To: <200211121902.gACJ22tw005444@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca> Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Dave: > Another issue that was somewhat vague was whether the state could be saved > without triggering pending traps. Page 10-13 discusses special treatment > of a double word store of register 0 and states that it cancels all > pending traps. On the otherhand, item 3 in the hit list and the instruction > description don't mention this treatment. Yes, you can save state without "triggering pending traps", if what you mean by "triggering" is that you end up at the assist exception trap handler. This is described in step 5 of the numbered list on p. 10-6, which describes what happens when a delayed trap occurs. -- Jim