Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 22:56:39 +0000 (UTC) From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r40395 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq Message-ID: <201212162256.qBGMudoK066811@svn.freebsd.org>
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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 -> 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>
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