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Re: avcall, callback, trampoline, vacall, etc

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On 10/25/2012 04:08 PM, fmassei@gmail.com wrote:
> On Thursday, October 25, 2012 10:04:16 PM UTC+2, James Kuyper wrote:
>> On 10/25/2012 03:24 PM, gnuist007@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Programming Gurus,
>>
>>> These concepts are rather well talked about .. over the internet and
>>> usenet, however, I cant find any clear explanation.
>>> avcall, callback, trampoline, vacall, etc
>>
>> I know nothing about vacall or avcall. I've heard of trampolines in the
>> context of computer programming, but know little about them.
>>
> 
> On a multi-processor system, one CPU boots, and the others use a "trampoline" code (usually prepared by the first one) to boot.

That's one type of trampoline described at
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trampoline_%28computing%29>

Most of the other types of trampolines described there seem more likely
to be relevant to his question that that type.

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avcall, callback, trampoline, vacall, etc gnuist007@hotmail.com - 2012-10-25 12:24 -0700
  Re: avcall, callback, trampoline, vacall, etc James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-10-25 16:04 -0400
    Re: avcall, callback, trampoline, vacall, etc fmassei@gmail.com - 2012-10-25 13:08 -0700
      Re: avcall, callback, trampoline, vacall, etc James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-10-25 16:12 -0400
        Re: avcall, callback, trampoline, vacall, etc fmassei@gmail.com - 2012-10-25 13:23 -0700
          Re: avcall, callback, trampoline, vacall, etc Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2012-10-25 20:01 -0600
    Re: avcall, callback, trampoline, vacall, etc Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-25 14:55 -0700
  Re: avcall, callback, trampoline, vacall, etc Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2012-10-25 15:46 -0500
    Re: avcall, callback, trampoline, vacall, etc "James K. Lowden" <jklowden@speakeasy.net> - 2012-10-25 18:53 -0400
      Re: avcall, callback, trampoline, vacall, etc Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2012-10-26 13:18 -0700
        Re: avcall, callback, trampoline, vacall, etc fmassei@gmail.com - 2012-10-26 13:33 -0700
  Re: avcall, callback, trampoline, vacall, etc Cortez <relativeflux@hotmail.co.uk> - 2012-10-25 13:47 -0700
  Re: avcall, callback, trampoline, vacall, etc Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2012-10-25 20:18 -0600
    Re: avcall, callback, trampoline, vacall, etc gnuist007@hotmail.com - 2012-10-26 10:11 -0700
    Re: avcall, callback, trampoline, vacall, etc Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-10-27 18:17 +0000
      Re: avcall, callback, trampoline, vacall, etc Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2012-10-27 21:35 -0600
        Re: avcall, callback, trampoline, vacall, etc Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2012-10-29 12:38 +0000
    Re: avcall, callback, trampoline, vacall, etc "Pascal J. Bourguignon" <pjb@informatimago.com> - 2012-10-28 18:56 +0100
    Re: avcall, callback, trampoline, vacall, etc Rivka Miller <rivkaumiller@gmail.com> - 2012-11-05 16:28 -0800
  Re: avcall, callback, trampoline, vacall, etc Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2012-10-26 07:27 -0500
    Re: avcall, callback, trampoline, vacall, etc gnuist007@hotmail.com - 2012-10-26 10:16 -0700
      Re: avcall, callback, trampoline, vacall, etc Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2012-10-26 12:42 -0500
      Re: avcall, callback, trampoline, vacall, etc James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2012-10-26 14:08 -0400

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