[Vm-dev] Setting the Cog bit

[Bert Freudenberg]

On 23.06.2010, at 04:47, David T. Lewis wrote:

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> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 07:07:48PM -0700, Eliot Miranda wrote:
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>> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 6:52 PM, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
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>>> Does the Cog VM update to a new image format version number when
>>> snapshotting?
>> 
>> Yes it does.  It and the Stack VM set the image format to 6505.  This
>> reflects the platform-order floats change which is not backwards-compatible.
>> 
>> Note that Cog also insists on a 6504 or 6505 format image to start-u, i.e.
>> it won;t attempt to start-up non-closure images.
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>>> If not, then I have the following proposal:
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> <snip>
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>> 
>> :)  Looks like I accidentally chose the right bit :)
> 
> Perfect. In any case, I stand by my proposal to name it the "Cog bit".
> I feel confident in predicting that 30 years from now, folks will be
> spinning tall tales to explain the true origins of the Cog bit.
> 
> Dave

Yeah: "Cog? That was odd. The bit, that is."

- Bert -