Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 08:43:23 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/ia64/include float.h Message-ID: <20030402164323.GD58949@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <20030402161232.GA85205@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> References: <200303272038.h2RKcM7L096560@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030330175646.281097ad.Alexander@Leidinger.net> <20030331082023.GE11307@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> <20030401172440.701aaafd.Alexander@Leidinger.net> <20030401200457.GA30284@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> <20030402154250.X25489@gamplex.bde.org> <20030402161232.GA85205@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 08:12:32AM -0800, Steve Kargl wrote: > On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 04:21:30PM +1000, Bruce Evans wrote: > > > verify correct FP behaviour by the CPU and compiler floating around on > > > the net - look at NETLIB or Prof W. Kahan's web site. (I don't have > > > the URL's immediately to hand). > > > > ucbtest is good but is too old to cover much of C99. I haven't found > > anything anywhere near as good and up to date. > > Have you looked at John Hauser's SoftFloat package? > http://www.jhauser.us/arithmetic/SoftFloat.html. > > The blurb at the top of the web page states: "SoftFloat fully implements > the four most common floating-point formats: single precision (32 bits), NetBSD uses this in their libc for PowerPC, Sparc64, StrongARM.
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