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   Message 129,693 of 131,241   
   Robert Finch to Scott Lurndal   
   Re: Saving and restoring FP state   
   16 Sep 25 21:49:13   
   
   From: robfi680@gmail.com   
      
   On 2025-09-16 1:50 p.m., Scott Lurndal wrote:   
   > BGB  writes:   
   >> On 9/14/2025 9:06 AM, Michael S wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> Also there was another related bug where FPU instructions in interrupt   
   >> handlers could effect the FPU flags visible in userland.   
   >   
   > Why on earth would you use floating point instructions   
   > in an interrupt handler?   
   >   
   IIRC I was using FP in an interrupt handler at one point for video   
   processing where the co-ordinates were already floats. I believe this   
   has since been changed to fixed point arithmetic.   
      
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