From owner-freebsd-current Tue Mar 18 0: 1:36 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAECE37B401; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 00:01:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from HAL9000.homeunix.com (12-233-57-224.client.attbi.com [12.233.57.224]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D55D43F85; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 00:01:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from das@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from HAL9000.homeunix.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by HAL9000.homeunix.com (8.12.6/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h2I81Wnl011094; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 00:01:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from das@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: (from das@localhost) by HAL9000.homeunix.com (8.12.6/8.12.5/Submit) id h2I81Wkv011093; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 00:01:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from das@FreeBSD.ORG) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 00:01:32 -0800 From: David Schultz To: Terry Lambert Cc: Ruslan Ermilov , current@FreeBSD.ORG, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Don't upgrade your Alphas! Message-ID: <20030318080132.GB10867@HAL9000.homeunix.com> Mail-Followup-To: Terry Lambert , Ruslan Ermilov , current@FreeBSD.ORG, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20030317161219.GA1429@sunbay.com> <200303150947.h2F9l5eQ028059@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030317164037.GB98100@sunbay.com> <20030318073019.GA10737@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <3E76CE0F.8FAA6AE3@mindspring.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E76CE0F.8FAA6AE3@mindspring.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thus spake Terry Lambert : > David Schultz wrote: > > This is because floating point > > support on Alpha is broken unless you specifically tell gcc to > > unbreak it by specifying -mieee. > > Sounds like the ability to turn "-mieee" off at all, let alone > making it the default, is bad? If so, why is that the way it > is configured? > > > I'm hoping there's a better solution than > > disabling support for NaNs in strtod(). > > Make "-mieee" on by default? Well, I was secretly hoping I'd get that answer from the Powers That Be, but I think it's off by default on purpose for efficiency reasons. That would imply that I need to come up with a workaround that involves not generating NaN values, *period*. Sigh. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message