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Date:      Tue, 21 Feb 1995 21:32:22 +1100
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        hackers@FreeBSD.org, terry@uivlsi.csl.uiuc.edu
Subject:   Re: /tmp or /var/tmp?
Message-ID:  <199502211032.VAA13126@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>	By the way, how can I make FreeBSD not use the FPU?  Disabling npx0
>makes all programs abort with error 8.  I'm trying to figure out how FPU

Signal 8?  It should work if a math emulator is configured.

>intensive maplay is.  Would compiling it with -msoft-float do it or would
>libm still use the FPU?  My 486DX40 can't even keep up with one channel in

It would still use the FPU (or the FPU emulator) for a couple of things
and libm would use the FPU [emulator] for everything unless libm is
compiled with -msoft-float.

Bruce



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