Re: [Xen-ia64-devel] [PATCH 0/2] FPSWA emulation support

[Masaki Kanno <kanno.masaki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tristan,

Thanks for your comment.

>Le Jeudi 18 Mai 2006 12:36, Masaki Kanno a 馗rit :
>> Hi all,
>>
>> These patches supports FPSWA emulation to the dom0/domU.
>>
>> Patch's summary:
>[...]
>>   -- If the FP fault/trap occurred in Xen, Xen call FPSWA.
>>    --- If FPSWA succeed, Xen resume next instruction in Xen.
>>    --- If FPSWA fail, Xen does the panic.
>Why not panic'ing on every Xen FP fault ?
>Within Xen, we should only use fp for bit copying/clearing.

The time when FPSWA is necessary for Xen may come. But I don't 
know what time it is. :-)

Best regards,
 Kan

>
>Tristan.


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