Re: Need of "Precise Exceptions"

Ripunjay Tripathi wrote:
Any processor with demand paging or IEEE arithmetic trap handlers must
make its exceptions "precise", either in the hardware or with some
software support.

Can somebody help me justifying this ??

Sure, see below:

Any processor with demand paging or IEEE arithmetic
trap handlers must make its exceptions "precise",
either in the hardware or with some software support.

Notice that it is both left- and right-justifed! :-)

Terje



Regards,
Ripunjay Tripathi


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