From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Oct 21 06:19:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA14977 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 06:19:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ren.dtir.qld.gov.au (ns.dtir.qld.gov.au [203.108.138.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA14906 for ; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 06:19:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au) Received: by ren.dtir.qld.gov.au; id TAA10138; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 19:55:17 +1000 (EST) Received: from ogre.dtir.qld.gov.au(167.123.8.3) by ren.dtir.qld.gov.au via smap (3.2) id xma010135; Wed, 21 Oct 98 19:55:16 +1000 Received: from atlas.dtir.qld.gov.au (atlas.dtir.qld.gov.au [167.123.8.9]) by ogre.dtir.qld.gov.au (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA09673; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 19:55:16 +1000 (EST) Received: from nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au (nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au [167.123.10.10]) by atlas.dtir.qld.gov.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA10930; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 19:55:15 +1000 (EST) Received: from nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au (localhost.dtir.qld.gov.au [127.0.0.1]) by nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA08445; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 19:55:13 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from syssgm@nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au) Message-Id: <199810210955.TAA08445@nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au> To: John-Mark Gurney cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au Subject: Re: 3.0-R on a amd386dx/40 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> In-Reply-To: <19981021023848.61590@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> from John-Mark Gurney at "Wed, 21 Oct 1998 02:38:48 -0700" Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 19:55:13 +1000 From: Stephen McKay Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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