> Why a system call? Why not make the trap-FPU code check to see if it's
> a set-the-CW instruction (or even only do this check for the very first
> FPU instruction a program uses) and set the CW in the context (then
> keep FPU off) rather than just blindly starting up the FPU and FPU
> registers?
I suggested this once but was told this is too complicated.
-- Uli
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