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[Thomas Schwinge]

Hello!

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Regards,
 Thomas
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> Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:58:33 +0300
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> Hell.
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> I try to port a Mach microkernel on arm9 architecture. and i have a
> one problem - i dont understand  a process of context switch in this
> kernel. in 2 place - when context switch  acquire from thread_sleep,
> and next, when binary part of module loaded and this thread/task
> should workl.
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> 1. when thread_call in bootstrap.c called, context switch acquire. and
> im looked on x86 sources, and dont see when CPU should switch in
> different mode for correct context switching.
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> 2. i made small chit, and call user_bootstrap from load_context and
> send global thread and task information, but after loading binary part
> of module (exec_load) and then build_args_and_stack (), i still have
> in thread_stack PC point on swap_function. how module should proper
> load, and how and thread information change to point on this executive
> code?
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> Thanks a lot.
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