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Re: Drop FPE ?
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Thomas Schwinge |
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Re: Drop FPE ? |
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Wed, 6 Dec 2006 23:52:21 +0100 |
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Hello!
On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 11:39:31PM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> The saga continues.
Did you see that one? :-)
21:37 <antrik> urgs... gnumach still has support for i287...
21:40 <antrik> ./i386/i386/fpu.c: fp_kind = FP_287;
> There are bits of code here and there for
> supporting FPE (Floating Point Emulation). Nowadays' x86 processors
> (486DX or later) all have FP units
... and I wouldn't expect someone to seriously try running a GNU/Hurd
system on a pre-Pentium.
> so couldn't we drop FPE support?
No objection from my side.
Regards,
Thomas
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