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From: bruce@heather.pooh.com (Bruce Robertson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m68k
Subject: Re: 68882 Exception Handling
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Date: 14 Mar 90 17:22:53 GMT
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In-Reply-To: briel@sctc.com's message of 12 Mar 90 22:28:57 GMT

> The manual states that FSAVE/FRESTORE must be performed on entry/exit
> for any exception or interrupt regardless of whether it if FPU related
> or not. Is this an absolute requirement or just an easy way to solve
> an otherwise complex problem?

That paragraph has been removed from Rev. 2 of the 68881/68882 manual
(the one with the white cover).
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