From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 3 07:58:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA20257 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 07:58:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA20218 for ; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 07:58:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id QAA03284; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 16:57:48 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id QAA21676; Thu, 3 Dec 1998 16:57:47 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19981203165746.J18661@follo.net> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 16:57:46 +0100 From: Eivind Eklund To: Mark Tinguely , luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.0 and double operations in device drivers References: <199812031547.JAA05173@plains.NoDak.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <199812031547.JAA05173@plains.NoDak.edu>; from Mark Tinguely on Thu, Dec 03, 1998 at 09:47:46AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Dec 03, 1998 at 09:47:46AM -0600, Mark Tinguely wrote: > > > My question is: "Is floating point math now taboo in the kernel?" > > > > it has always been! > > I asked for that one :). remove taboo and replace with "forbidden". It always has been. (Ie, it has never worked reliably, and this has been a known property of the design). Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message