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To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Subject: Re: Using float emulator on a system with FPU? 
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Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 20:14:19 -0600
From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
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In message <199907130225.TAA03396@dingo.cdrom.com> Mike Smith writes:
: Lots (and I mean _lots_) of embedded systems use fpu-less 386 and 486 
: cores.  Alienating users of these systems would be a dumb idea.

Without commenting on the need to have an emulator in the kernel,
doesn't -msoft-float work faster?  Or is that a MIPS only thing...

Warner


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