Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 07:00:37 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@auss2.alcatel.com.au> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: NPX configuration after exec() Message-ID: <98Aug10.070026est.40495@border.alcanet.com.au>
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The NPX (x87) is initialised with a configuration word of 0x1272 (sys/i386/include/npx.h __BDE_NPXCW__). The comment associated with this states: * Later I will want the IEEE default of all exceptions masked. See the * 0.0 math manpage for why this is better. The 0.1 math manpage is empty. Whilst I'm uncertain of the references to 0.0 and 0.1, math(3M) does include some comments which imply that libm is designed to function correctly with all exceptions masked. Are there any plans to change the configuration word to 0x127f as implied in this comment? Peter -- Peter Jeremy (VK2PJ) peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au Alcatel Australia Limited 41 Mandible St Phone: +61 2 9690 5019 ALEXANDRIA NSW 2015 Fax: +61 2 9690 5247 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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