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Date:      Wed, 21 Oct 1998 11:38:34 +0200 (SAT)
From:      Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com>
To:        gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu
Cc:        syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 3.0-R on a amd386dx/40
Message-ID:  <199810210938.LAA25430@ceia.nordier.com>
In-Reply-To: <19981021022458.12727@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> from John-Mark Gurney at "Oct 21, 98 02:24:58 am"

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John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> Stephen McKay scribbled this message on Oct 21:
> > On Wednesday, 21st October 1998, John-Mark Gurney wrote:
> > 
> > >most of the utils fail out... fsck barfs just after displaying the
> > >word free when it's outputing stats, df fails just as it's about to
> > >print the first file system...
> > 
> > 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... and this is a system that
> runs systat perfectly fine...  so the problem isn't the floating point..
> 
> and the 3.0-R newfs fails on his new 2.2.6-R install that we just did
> tonight...   so I KNOW it's not a math emulation problem...

Definitely FP-related.  I happen to have an amd386dx/40 here, and just
took a quick look.

I may do some digging myself, if nothing comes up in the next few
hours.

-- 
Robert Nordier

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