gene heskett wrote: > On Thursday, February 09, 2012 12:38:04 PM Ben Jackson did opine: > > >> On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 11:23:47AM +0200, andy pugh wrote: >> >>> It is servo-thread only as it uses floating-point. I am not entirely >>> sure why. >>> >> Aha, that's why I added the laser-thread in my HAL: A base-period >> thread with FP allowed. On a modern CPU it's no big deal. >> > > I wonder if that is a hangover from when most computers needed a floating > point chip installed? > No, the task swap is faster if it doesn't have to save the floating point state. But, it is probably not a big difference anymore. It still might make some difference in how fast the base thread can be run.
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