[ST-devel] Re: Solaris 64bit mode patch

[Gene <ge...@co...>]

Claus Assmann wrote:

>PS: any comments about using makecontext()?
>Maybe, good idea, not worth it, ...?
>
Don't remember exactly original reasons for not using
makecontext().  Probably because it would require completely
different code path.  Another possible reason is to avoid
system calls on context switch (swap/makecontext() use system
calls, as far as I remember).