Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:44:42 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net> To: Hui Huang <hui.huang@ntc.nokia.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Could I do floating point calculation in the kernel program? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990630224312.14320j-100000@cygnus.rush.net> In-Reply-To: <377B21AB.D11FE5C3@ntc.nokia.com>
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On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Hui Huang wrote: > I want to add some floating point calculation functions in FreeBSD > kernel program. > I compiled the new kernel and installed it in a machine. However, the > new kernel could not be booted up with the error information "Fatal trap > > 22: FPU device not available while in kernel mode". > Does anybody know how to enable the FPU device in the kernel mode or > other methods to support floating point calculation in the kernel mode? > Thanks for any suggestions. Do you really need the precision of floating point? Perhaps you can used fixed point math? -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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