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Author: eadler
Date: Sun Dec 16 22:56:38 2012
New Revision: 40395
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40395

Log:
  The npx module is no longer required to build or link.
  
  Noted by:	Jakub Lach
  Discussed with:	db
  Approved by:	bcr (mentor)

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml	Sun Dec 16 22:56:36 2012	(r40394)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml	Sun Dec 16 22:56:38 2012	(r40395)
@@ -3704,29 +3704,6 @@ kern.timecounter.hardware: TSC -&gt; i82
       </qandaentry>
 
       <qandaentry>
-	<question id="missing-hw-float">
-	  <para>My kernel compiles fail because
-	    <literal>_hw_float</literal> is missing.  How do I solve
-	    this problem?</para>
-	</question>
-
-	<answer>
-	  <para>You probably removed <devicename>npx0</devicename> (see
-	    &man.npx.4;) from your kernel configuration file because you
-	    do not have a math co-processor.  The
-	    <devicename>npx0</devicename> device is
-	    <emphasis>MANDATORY</emphasis>.  Somewhere inside your
-	    hardware lies a device that provides hardware floating-point
-	    support, even if it is no longer a separate device as used
-	    in the good old 386 days.  You <emphasis>must</emphasis>
-	    include the <devicename>npx0</devicename> device.  Even if
-	    you manage to build a kernel without
-	    <devicename>npx0</devicename> support, it will not boot
-	    anyway.</para>
-	</answer>
-      </qandaentry>
-
-      <qandaentry>
 	<question id="why-kernel-big">
 	  <para>Why is my kernel so big?</para>
 	</question>