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Date:      Fri, 10 Oct 1997 21:49:09 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
To:        gjohnson@nola.srrc.usda.gov (Glenn Johnson)
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Floating point exceptions
Message-ID:  <199710102149.OAA15093@usr08.primenet.com>
In-Reply-To: <199710101907.OAA09470@millenia.srrc.usda.gov> from "Glenn Johnson" at Oct 10, 97 02:07:33 pm

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> I've got a calculation intensive (simulation) application that I run that 
> aborts with a Floating Point Exception error under FreeBSD -current. I can run
> this application just fine under Linux, but of course I want to run it under 
> FreeBSD (so I can replace Linux). My understanding is that FreeBSD traps 
> FPE's. Is there a way for me to change the FreeBSD source code to mask FPE's 
> rather than trap them? Better yet, can I do that for a specific application at
> compile time? Your assistance is greatly appreciated.

Fix:		Correct the code to not generate exceptions
Bad fix:	fpsetmask( 0);
Worst fix:	signal( SIGFPE, SIG_IGN);


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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