[ros-dev] Save FPU on task switch/SSE support

[ShadowFlare]

--- Mike Nordell <tamlin at algonet.se> wrote:

> Alex Ionescu wrote:
> 
> > Considering that parts of NT4 already supported
> IA64, I think it's safe
> > to assume that Win95 supported most probably even
> SSE.
> 
> IIRC Win95 and NT4 knew nothing but plain FPU.
> fxsave & co were introduced
> with the introduction of WDM, in Win98 and NT5.
> 
> /Mike

If that's the case, would running multiple programs
that try to use these other types of instructions
cause random crashes?

-ShadowFlare

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