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Article #13213Re: register saving on context switch
From: Wayne A. Christopher
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1987 19:45
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1987 19:45
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In article <1477@celtics.UUCP>, roger@celtics.UUCP (Roger Klorese) writes: > Each window is composed of 16 parameter registers, 16 local variable > registers, and a window into the next 16 registers (a callee's parameter > registers). Registers are configured as follows on each model: > > Model Number of windows (depth) Number of contexts (width) > ===== ========================= ========================== > C1230 32 16 The processor has 16K registers??? On chip? Is it implemented as a RAM? Is that fast enough? Wayne
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ll-xn!ames!ucbcad!faustus From: faustus@ucbcad.berkeley.edu (Wayne A. Christopher) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: register saving on context switch Message-ID: <1311@ucbcad.berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 16-Mar-87 14:45:41 EST Article-I.D.: ucbcad.1311 Posted: Mon Mar 16 14:45:41 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 17-Mar-87 03:50:31 EST References: <4376@columbia.UUCP> <448@cpocd2.UUCP> <5763@amdahl.UUCP> <1477@celtics.UUCP> Organization: CAD Group, U.C. Berkeley Lines: 13