Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 19:55:13 +1000 From: Stephen McKay <syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au> To: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au Subject: Re: 3.0-R on a amd386dx/40 Message-ID: <199810210955.TAA08445@nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au> In-Reply-To: <19981021023848.61590@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> from John-Mark Gurney at "Wed, 21 Oct 1998 02:38:48 -0700" References: <19981021004537.00515@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> <199810210847.SAA06623@nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au> <19981021022458.12727@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> <199810210933.TAA07949@nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au> <19981021023848.61590@hydrogen.nike.efn.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wednesday, 21st October 1998, John-Mark Gurney wrote: >Stephen McKay scribbled this message on Oct 21: >> On Wednesday, 21st October 1998, John-Mark Gurney wrote: >> >> >Stephen McKay scribbled this message on Oct 21: >> >> Sounds like the FP emulator isn't working. What do the npx lines say >> >> on boot? >> > >> >well, it doesn't matter... as I told another person, the problem is >> >that the binaries FAIL on a 2.2.1-R system... >> Run 3.0 binaries on a 3.0 system and you'll have a better time of it. >that's the WHOLE PROBLEM!!! 3.0 binaries on a 3.0-R kernel from the >3.0-R bin dist don't run!!! Well, I think I'll return to my FP failure theory. It's the only one consistent with fsck failing after the word "free". The first floating point operation occurs just after that printf(). Try "awk", for example. It uses floating point, and I think it will die. "df" uses double. "newfs" uses float. "ls" doesn't, and it works. It's a floating point problem, or I'll eat my copy of the Pointy Hat! I still think the "npx" lines from boot are relevant. Stephen. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199810210955.TAA08445>