L4 threadid ver0 and ver1 bits

[Daniel Potts]

On Mon, 10 May 1999, Adam 'WeirdArms' Wiggins wrote:

> On Mon, 10 May 1999, Daniel Potts wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > What is the precise meaning of the ver0 and ver1 bits in the L4 thread
> > ids?
> 
> 	one is just the hi value the other is the low value. Versioning
> applies to tasks. Threads just have the version number of the task they
> run it.

Why are they separate? I havent seen the MIPS implementation actually
touch the ver1 bits.