Re: 2.1.97 SMP+UP works suddenly..+fpu_memcpy doesn't

Gerhard Koerting (G.Koerting@techem.ruhr-uni-bochum.de)
Wed, 22 Apr 1998 21:12:23 +0200

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> Thinking 'hmm.. what is different when fpu_memcpy is in play?', I can
> only come up with one thing; the exception (device_not_available) which
> happens upon first use of the FPU after a context switch.

If you change fstenv/fsave to fnstenv/fnsave, fpu_memcpy should run with
SMP too. I'm using that for a long time, but I don't know why this makes
a difference.

Gerhard

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