Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 22:40:53 +0100 From: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@bart.nl> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>, Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>, Martin Cracauer <cracauer@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/include npx.h Message-ID: <20000310224053.B4626@lucifer.bart.nl> In-Reply-To: <200003102122.QAA18594@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>; from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu on Fri, Mar 10, 2000 at 04:22:12PM -0500 References: <200003101756.JAA90710@freefall.freebsd.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003102057080.79394-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com> <20000310133936.B14279@fw.wintelcom.net> <200003102122.QAA18594@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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-On [20000310 22:30], Garrett Wollman (wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) wrote: ><<On Fri, 10 Mar 2000 13:39:36 -0800, Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> said: > >> Is there any reason for doing this other than so we can emulate >> linux's bog^H^H^H nifty ability to divide by zero? > >The fact that the IEEE standard says this is the default state. My, does the IEEE encourage bad coding practices then. If I understood the commit correctly. Just for the less kernelsavvy types under us, this commit make sures that my app won't segfault due to a division by zero, right? -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven Network- and systemadministrator <asmodai@bart.nl> VIA NET.WORKS The Netherlands BSD: Technical excellence at its best http://www.bart.nl Tel: +31 - (0) 10 - 240 39 70 http://www.via-net-works.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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