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Conference turris::alpha_callstd

Title:ALPHA Calling Standard
Notice:Digital Restricted and Confidential
Moderator:BEGIN::MDAVISR
Created:Thu Jun 29 1989
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:113
Total number of notes:847
Number with bodies:95
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1.02BECALM::NYLANDERThu Jun 29 1989Welcome
2.07BECALM::NYLANDERThu Jun 29 1989New draft announcements
3.0BECALM::NYLANDERThu Jun 29 1989Reserved
4.01BECALM::NYLANDERThu Jun 29 1989Review meeting announcements
5.0BECALM::NYLANDERThu Jun 29 1989Reserved
6.03TLE::GROVEFri Jun 30 1989VAX-compatible dynamic exception handling
7.01STAR::BENSONFri Jul 07 1989Comments on Rev
8.04STAR::KROMon Jul 10 198932b vs. 64b arglists
9.01BECALM::NYLANDERTue Jul 11 1989Comments and Responses
10.010TLE::HOBBSTue Jul 11 1989Add Function Value Return by Descriptor
11.0TLE::GRIEBWed Jul 12 1989Meeting notes
12.02TLE::GRIEBFri Jul 14 1989July 13 arg list meeting notes
13.01TLE::CRAIGFri Jul 14 1989<Functions returning complex>
14.0TLE::GRIEBWed Jul 19 1989More comments
15.0STAR::CARDOZAWed Jul 19 1989AST routines and input argument modification
16.0TLE::HOBBSThu Jul 20 1989Make frame descriptors and BPVs extensible
17.05TLE::HOBBSTue Aug 01 1989Combine EVAX-32 and EVAX-64
18.02TLE::GRIEBWed Aug 02 1989How to find args at runtime?
19.05TLE::GRIEBTue Aug 08 1989Sign vs zero extend
20.013TLE::HOBBSSun Aug 27 1989PC-based Stack Tracing
21.04STAR::BENSONWed Nov 15 1989Frame Desc/BPV Questions
22.0STAR::BENSONWed Nov 15 1989Rev 1.
23.0TLE::BRETTMon Nov 20 1989DIGITAL Ada review input
24.01STAR::BENSONWed Nov 22 1989SP vs FP stack base
25.0STAR::MURPHYFri Dec 01 1989Editorial comments in Rev 1.
26.012VMSINT::MURPHYTue Dec 05 1989Object Language Requirements Solicited
27.0TLE::BRENDERWed Dec 06 1989Notes from EVAX Call Standard Review
28.01STAR::MURPHYFri Dec 22 198964-bit immed values allowed in CALL32?
29.01STAR::MURPHYFri Dec 22 1989EVAX/VMS Object File Format Proposal
30.0STAR::MURPHYThu Jan 11 1990Proposed amendment: procedure values
31.01TLE::BRENDERThu Jan 18 1990Report on FP vs PC methods -- recommends PC
32.01TLE::BRENDERThu Mar 22 1990Proposed ASCIZ Descriptor
33.0TLE::BRENDERWed Apr 11 1990Stack Return Proposal
34.05RTL::WIENERThu May 10 1990Nits on V2.
35.03TALLIS::ROBINSONWed May 16 1990Unwind Initiation is not quite VAX/VMS Compatible.. What to do?
36.01STAR::MURPHYWed May 30 1990Thread Context Register
37.023TLE::GRIEBWed Jun 20 1990Changes for 32-bit flavor
38.06STAR::CRITZThu Jun 21 1990Must we save R29 on interrupt?
39.0TLE::WOOLYFri Jun 22 1990Comments on the Revision 2.
40.0TLE::CRAIGMon Sep 24 1990Stack ret through the automatic jacket
41.02TLE::SEIGELWed Dec 05 1990Handling stack overflow questions
42.06RAGS::SIEBOLDThu Apr 18 1991Fixed vs. Variable stackframes
43.01TLE::GRIEBMon Apr 22 1991anyone use AI bits yet ??
44.01TALLIS::ROBINSONMon May 13 1991Nits on Rev 2.1
45.01STAR::CARDOZATue Dec 10 1991problem with ECO for stack limit checking
46.04NODEMO::LEWISWed Dec 18 1991Ethernet Boards Device Names???
47.015TLE::BRENDERTue Jan 28 1992Combined Alpha and VAX VMS Calling Standard
48.02GAUCHE::jnelsonTue Feb 18 1992Comments on Stack Walk Routines ECO (note 37.12)
49.04GAUCHE::jnelsonTue Feb 18 1992Comments on Goto/Exit Unwind ECO (note 37.13)
50.0STAR::HUANGFri Feb 28 1992$GOTO_UNWIND design note, cross posted from EXTENDED-VAX
51.0GAUCHE::jnelsonWed Mar 04 1992Calling Standard Anomality
52.015TLE::GROVEMon Mar 09 1992ALPHA GENTRAP PALcode encoding
53.03NOTAX::WITTENBERGThu Jun 18 1992LIB$GET_PREVIOUS_INVO_CONTEXT(invo_context [,depth])???
54.0+8TLE::BRENDERWed Sep 09 1992Where to find the VMS Call Standard
55.020TLE::BRENDERWed Sep 09 1992Where to find the Digital UNIX Alpha Call Standard
56.0+11TLE::BRENDERWed Sep 09 1992Where to find the Windows NT Alpha Call Standard
57.0BEGIN::MDAVISWed Sep 30 1992New Routine Names for OSF/1 Call Standard
58.03ORACLE::WATERSThu Oct 22 1992Why was OTS$CALL_PROC() not in-lined?
59.09TLE::BRENDERThu Mar 18 1993VMS Call Std ECO 24 re Procedure Signatures
60.03TLE::BRENDERThu Mar 18 1993VMS Call Std ECO 25 re SEH
61.02TLE::BRENDERThu Mar 18 1993VMS Call Std ECO 26 re Exception Reporting Modes
62.01TLE::BRENDERThu Mar 18 1993VMS Call Std ECO 27 re Saved Floating Point Types
63.02TLE::BRENDERThu Mar 18 1993VMS Call Std ECO 28 re 128-bit IEEE FP Types
64.01TLE::BRENDERThu Mar 18 1993VMS Call Std ECO 29 re STACK_RETURN_FLAG
65.06TLE::BRENDERFri Mar 19 1993VMS Call Std ECO 3
66.02TLE::BRENDERFri Mar 19 1993VMS Call Std ECO 31 re Duplicate Unwind Calls
67.01TLE::BRENDERFri Mar 19 1993VMS Call Std ECO 32 re Procedure Sig Summary
68.010TLE::BRENDERFri Mar 19 1993VMS Call Std ECO 33 re VAX C "by value" waiver
69.01TLE::BRENDERTue Mar 23 1993VMS Call Std ECO 34 re Bound Procedure Descriptor/Value
70.01TLE::BRENDERMon Mar 29 1993VMS Call Std ECO 35 re wchar_t DEBUG Support
71.02RTL::SALADINOMon Mar 29 1993Explicitly saving R26
72.015GEMGRP::BRENDERMon May 17 1993Call Std Meetings: Agendas and Minutes
73.01GEMGRP::BRENDERTue May 18 1993VMS Call Std ECO 36 re Procedure Signature Names
74.03GEMGRP::BRENDERMon Jun 28 1993VMS Call Std ECO 37 re Old Internal Only Text
75.027TLE::REAGANWed Aug 11 1993Record Layout Problem
76.011GEMGRP::BRENDERFri Aug 20 1993VMS ECO 38/OSF ECO 1/WNT ECO 1 re X-floating
77.04GEMGRP::BRENDERMon Sep 13 1993VMS ECO 39/OSF ECO 2/WNT ECO 2 re record length
78.012GEMGRP::BRENDERFri Oct 15 1993Math library control of exception behavior problem
79.07WIDTH::MDAVISWed Oct 27 1993VMS ECO 4
80.06WIDTH::MDAVISWed Nov 10 1993Testing for Calling Standard Conformance
81.06GEMGRP::BRENDERWed Nov 17 1993Debug group: Request alternate stack walk rtns
82.0WIDTH::MDAVISWed Nov 24 1993OSF: when unwinding, how to know you've reached the "end of the call chain"?
83.03GEMGRP::BRENDERTue Nov 30 1993Formal methods and ANSI/ISO programming language stds
84.029GEMGRP::BRENDERThu Feb 10 1994VMS Call Std ECO 41 re 64-bit signal args
85.027GEMGRP::BRENDERFri Apr 01 1994VMS Call Std ECO 42 re 64-bit descriptors
86.03GEMGRP::BRENDERTue May 17 1994VMS Call Std ECO 43 re Chapter 6 Presentation
87.02KANA::BRENDERThu Jun 09 1994Typos in DEC 93 "OpenVMS Calling Standard" book
88.02NOVA::FISHERWed Aug 10 1994Comment(s) on the DEC OSF/1 Calling Standard ...
89.015GEMGRP::BRENDERTue Oct 11 1994VMS Call Std ECO 44 re F9
90.07GEMGRP::BRENDERSat Dec 10 1994 WNT Call Std ECO 4 re saving ra 'twice'
91.02WIDTH::MDAVISTue Dec 20 1994OSF Proposal: 2-bits in Code Range Descr. for Speculative Execution
92.029KANA::BRENDERThu Jan 12 1995AVMS ENTRY_LENGTH revisited et al
93.04GEMGRP::BRENDERWed Feb 22 1995VMS "64-bit" Call Std Review
94.0GEMGRP::BRENDERWed Mar 01 1995Translated Image Interaction with Bliss-64 Code
95.07AD::LOWNEYTue Mar 14 1995Is GCC stack probe sequence correct?
96.01gemgrp.zko.dec.com::GLOSSOPMon Mar 20 1995Entry/exit calling standard questions
97.09gemgrp.zko.dec.com::BRENDERTue Mar 28 1995WNT Call Std ECO 5 re Segment Procedure Descriptor
98.04FLYBA::BRENDERThu Apr 06 1995Should the gp register be 'general purpose'?
99.011FLYBA::BRENDERFri Apr 14 1995Is this optimization allowed by the call standard?
100.05WIDTH::MDAVISThu May 11 1995Unix Call Std ECO 4 re Speculative Execution
101.06GEMGRP::GROVESat Jun 10 1995Dynamic stack allocation - bug and question
102.0+5DECC::OUELLETTEMon Oct 30 1995$at question
103.023STEVEN::hobbsTue Nov 07 1995VMS ECO 45 re changing SP via LIB$PUT_INVO_REGISTERS
104.06FLYBA::BRENDERWed Sep 25 1996ENTRY_LENGTH in VMS procedure descriptors (again!)
105.0+90GEMGRP::BRENDERFri Oct 04 1996R28 is unpredictable after (external?) transfer
106.04DECWET::PETERSONMon Oct 21 1996Need extensions on the use of GP register (R29)
107.012DECWET::PETERSONFri Nov 01 1996Need description of fiber safety
108.0 *+27FLYBA::BRENDERTue Jan 28 1997Must all code be "covered" by some descriptor?
109.0 *+39GEMGRP::BRENDERTue Jan 28 1997What alignment is assumed for global/external variables?
110.0 *GEMGRP::BRENDERFri Feb 07 1997WNT and UNIX text re Byte vs Longword Granularity
111.0 *+4FLYBA::BRENDERTue Feb 18 1997Alignment of global extended floating?
112.0 *+3GEMGRP::BRENDERTue Feb 25 1997Must the ENTRY_RA and actual return register be the same?
113.0 *+10FLYBA::BRENDERMon Mar 24 1997WNT ECO 9 re Dynamic PDs for run-time generated code