Re: DragonflyBSD fast syscall support and x86 improvements

["Attilio Rao" <attilio@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

2006/6/24, Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

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>    Also, as far as IA32 goes, the limited number of registers makes it
>    questionable whether trying to pass more then a few arguments actually
>    saves anything.

This is why I would evaluate the possibility to pass through mmx/xmm
registers. However your objection about 'painful months' is right, and
if you dislike... :)

Attilio

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