From owner-freebsd-current Sun Dec 6 07:54:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA08858 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 07:54:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA08853 for ; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 07:54:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@critter.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA41882; Sun, 6 Dec 1998 16:52:12 +0100 (CET) To: Andrzej Bialecki cc: Eivind Eklund , Mark Tinguely , luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.0 and double operations in device drivers In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 06 Dec 1998 16:33:51 +0100." Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 16:52:11 +0100 Message-ID: <41879.912959531@critter.freebsd.dk> From: Poul-Henning Kamp Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Ok, guys, tell me what I'm missing here: if the FP math cannot be used in >kernel, then what for is the FPU emulator needed for SX processors??? For userland programs. If you execute an FP instruction the CPU traps into the kernel which has to carry out the stuff (or kill the process). -- Poul-Henning Kamp FreeBSD coreteam member phk@FreeBSD.ORG "Real hackers run -current on their laptop." "ttyv0" -- What UNIX calls a $20K state-of-the-art, 3D, hi-res color terminal To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message