From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 2 12:22:10 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id MAA07749 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 2 Jan 1996 12:22:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from ncc-1701-d.starfleet.gov (root@ix-sb1-04.ix.netcom.com [204.32.201.36]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id MAA07744 for ; Tue, 2 Jan 1996 12:22:07 -0800 (PST) Received: (from d_burr@localhost) by ncc-1701-d.starfleet.gov (8.6.11/8.6.9) id MAA01251; Tue, 2 Jan 1996 12:26:15 -0800 Date: Tue, 2 Jan 1996 12:26:15 -0800 (PST) From: Donald Burr X-Sender: d_burr@ncc-1701-d To: JOHN cc: questions@FreeBSD.Org Subject: Re: Help! My beautiful kernel won't compile! :( In-Reply-To: <01HZJ8GHWAEA8WWNVJ@POMONA.EDU> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.Org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 2 Jan 1996, JOHN wrote: > And I have NO idea what the '_hw_float' might be referring to. > Any help would be greatly appreciated. Sounds like you disabled the 'npx0' device in your kernel. This device is REQURED, EVEN IF YOU HAVE A HARDWARE FPU OR NOT. This is because the 'npx0' device is the INTERFACE to the floating point thingie -- whether that be a hardware unit, or a software emulation widget. The proper line to add is: device npx0 at isa? port "IO_NPX" irq 13 vector npxintr Donald Burr [d_burr@ix.netcom.com], PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara CA 93190-1212 TEL (805)564-1871 / FAX 564-2315 / WWW http://www.geopages.com/WallStreet/2072 PGP Public Key available by request (send e-mail) or on Public Key Servers. ** Uphold your right to privacy - Use PGP. **