From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG  Fri Dec 21 19:03:01 2007
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
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 2313E16A4C4
	for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>; Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:03:01 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from julian@elischer.org)
Received: from outO.internet-mail-service.net (outO.internet-mail-service.net
	[216.240.47.238])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E84F013C455
	for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>; Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:03:00 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from julian@elischer.org)
Received: from mx0.idiom.com (HELO idiom.com) (216.240.32.160)
	by out.internet-mail-service.net (qpsmtpd/0.40) with ESMTP;
	Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:02:59 -0800
Received: from julian-mac.elischer.org (localhost [127.0.0.1])
	by idiom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C14B126D39;
	Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:02:59 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <476C0DE3.4050806@elischer.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:02:59 -0800
From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: Carl Shapiro <carl.shapiro@gmail.com>
References: <4dcb5abd0712192140w29fd39fh53b09fdd4d20e880@mail.gmail.com>	<20071220093950.GA79196@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
	<4dcb5abd0712210309kd91b52fla64f64e90dc8213@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4dcb5abd0712210309kd91b52fla64f64e90dc8213@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>, Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>,
	freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: critical floating point incompatibility
X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD
	<freebsd-hackers.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>,
	<mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:03:01 -0000

Carl Shapiro wrote:
> On 12/20/07, Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> wrote:
>> I believe this is an oversight.  See the thread beginning
>> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2007-November/037947.html
> 
> Thanks for the pointer into the -stable mailing list.
> 
> The incorrect precision control bits is a serious quality of life
> issue for those of us who care about consistent numerical computations
> and the backward compatibility of our FreeBSD object code.  Is there
> an active community of users who care about numerics on FreeBSD?
> 
> At any rate, I searched the PR database for a bug related to the
> incorrect control word setting but came up empty handed.  If nothing
> has been filed to date I will go ahead and submit a PR.
> _______________________________________________
> freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"

go ahead and submit the PR

I'm guessing a combination of Peter Wemm and Bruce Evans would be able to decide on
the right course of action.

(CC'd)