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From: Bruce Evans <bde@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