henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) (03/19/89)
In article <28200290@mcdurb> aglew@mcdurb.Urbana.Gould.COM writes: >... applying RISC principles to the hardware that would be needed to do >something like this, I often arrive at the conclusion that a >simple single entry point first level handler is all that is appropriate. Note that the MIPS machines, as I recall, vector one or two crucial things -- user-mode TLB misses in particular -- and just run everything else through a single entry point. If you want full vectoring, the software can (and probably does) do it. Why bother doing it in hardware? -- Welcome to Mars! Your | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology passport and visa, comrade? | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu