Thorsten Froehlich <tho### [at] trfde> wrote:
> >   That's a really odd statement. I didn't know that the FPU or the x87
> > instruction set required OS support. (Can the OS even force programs to
> > not use x87 instructions if it wanted to?

> Yes, by not saving and restoring the x87 "register" stack when switching 
> threads or making operating system calls. You need OS support for that.

  That would be a rather broken OS.

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