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Date:      Wed, 14 Jul 1999 20:14:19 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Using float emulator on a system with FPU? 
Message-ID:  <199907150214.UAA60347@harmony.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 12 Jul 1999 19:25:26 PDT." <199907130225.TAA03396@dingo.cdrom.com> 
References:  <199907130225.TAA03396@dingo.cdrom.com>  

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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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