From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 20 16:31:54 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E212016A420 for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:31:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dds@aueb.gr) Received: from mx-out.forthnet.gr (mx-out.forthnet.gr [193.92.150.104]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 53F8513C46A for ; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:31:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dds@aueb.gr) Received: from mx-av-03.forthnet.gr (mx-av.forthnet.gr [193.92.150.27]) by mx-out-02.forthnet.gr (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m0KGDCiV002049; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:13:12 +0200 Received: from MX-IN-02.forthnet.gr (mx-in-02.forthnet.gr [193.92.150.185]) by mx-av-03.forthnet.gr (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m0KGDCc1031193; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:13:12 +0200 Received: from [192.168.136.18] (ppp144-181.adsl.forthnet.gr [62.1.135.181]) by MX-IN-02.forthnet.gr (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m0KGD3Dd026552; Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:13:04 +0200 Authentication-Results: MX-IN-02.forthnet.gr smtp.mail=dds@aueb.gr; spf=neutral Authentication-Results: MX-IN-02.forthnet.gr header.from=dds@aueb.gr; sender-id=neutral In-Reply-To: <200801201442.03152.thierry@herbelot.com> References: <479296CA.8000700@wlansystems.com> <20080120103801.GP1466@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <200801201442.03152.thierry@herbelot.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <01AAB81A-27DB-47E6-A575-D759D0F67F56@aueb.gr> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: Diomidis Spinellis Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:11:00 +0200 To: thierry@herbelot.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:46:06 +0000 Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD on non-fpu device X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:31:55 -0000 On Jan 20, 2008, at 3:42 PM, Thierry Herbelot wrote: > Le Sunday 20 January 2008, Peter Jeremy a =E9crit : >> On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 02:33:14AM +0200, Heikki Suonsivu wrote: >>> Why anyone would be interested? The eBOX 2300SX cpu is a SoC =20 >>> device, >>> which is by far the lowest power consumption I have seen, and =20 >>> this is >>> probably cheapest computer on the market, still suitable for =20 >>> number of >>> applications. While it is not exactly a speed daemon, it works well >>> enough for all kinds of mp3-playing, small servers and control >>> applications. >> >> I very much doubt MP3 playing is going to work without an FPU. > > mad is a good (integer-only) candidate for MP3 rendering with a =20 > slow CPU True. I'm using it on the non-FPU DNARD Shark (StrongArm SA-110 CPU =20 running at 233 MHz) and it works fine. Diomidis Spinellis - http://www.spinellis.gr=