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Date:      Thu, 13 Apr 2000 13:35:26 +1000
From:      Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>
To:        Randall Hopper <aa8vb@ipass.net>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: float-to-double core dump on 3.4R
Message-ID:  <00Apr13.133526est.115284@border.alcanet.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <20000408193053.A3689@ipass.net>; from aa8vb@ipass.net on Sun, Apr 09, 2000 at 10:02:46AM %2B1000
References:  <20000408193053.A3689@ipass.net>

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On 2000-Apr-09 10:02:46 +1000, Randall Hopper <aa8vb@ipass.net> wrote:
>     #include <float.h>
>
>     main()
>     {
>        float  f = FLT_MAX;
>        double d;
>        f = f * 2;
>        d = f;
>     }
>
>Delete the "d=f" line and it doesn't core.  Put it in and it does
>(floating-point exception).

Exactly what version of -stable are you running?  If you built your
own kernel, what version is /sys/i386/include/npx.h?

The FP handling changed just before 4.0-RELEASE.

Peter


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