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+{
+    $Id$
+    This file is part of the Free Pascal run time library.
+    Copyright (c) 1999-2000 by Michael Van Canneyt,
+    member of the Free Pascal development team.
+
+    Signal handler is arch dependant due to processor to language
+    exception conversion.
+
+    See the file COPYING.FPC, included in this distribution,
+    for details about the copyright.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+ **********************************************************************}
+
+
+procedure SignalToRunerror(Sig: longint; SigContext: SigContextRec); cdecl;
+
+var
+  res,fpustate : word;
+begin
+  res:=0;
+  case sig of
+    SIGFPE :
+        begin
+          { don't know how to find the different causes, maybe via xer? }
+          res := 207;
+        end;
+    SIGILL,
+    SIGBUS,
+    SIGSEGV :
+        res:=216;
+  end;
+{ give runtime error at the position where the signal was raised }
+  if res<>0 then
+    HandleErrorAddrFrame(res,pointer(SigContext.uc.uc_mcontext.pt_regs^.nip),pointer(SigContext.uc.uc_mcontext.pt_regs^.gpr[1]));
+end;
+
+{
+  $Log$
+  Revision 1.1  2003-11-06 16:22:01  peter
+    * sparc
+
+  Revision 1.1  2003/11/02 14:53:06  jonas
+    + sighand and associated record definitions for ppc. Untested.
+
+  Revision 1.2  2003/11/01 01:58:11  marco
+   * more small fixes.
+
+  Revision 1.1  2003/11/01 01:27:20  marco
+   * initial version from 1.0.x branch
+
+
+}
+