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Subject: Re: FreeBSD-2.2.1 
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Date: Sat, 05 Apr 1997 08:34:58 +0200
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In message <199704050056.QAA14294@root.com>, David Greenman writes:
>>On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Just Baldrick wrote:
>>
>>> >setting flags 0x1 for npx0 (via -c at Boot:). There is a problem with
>>> >the optimized bcopy code and some VGA cards.
>>> 
>>> This worked - I don't know why setting a flag for a math co-processor
>>> fixes some interaction between bcopy code (string manipulation?)
>>> and VGA cards 
>>> but setting the flag to 0x1 via -c in the boot floppy
>>> and subsequently adding to the kernal conf file 
>>> enabled us to put up 2.2.1 on the laptop
>>> thanks
>>
>>I saw that and it blew me away.  Thanks for the hint David.
>
>   Incidently, the npx0 flags is a kludge. We don't yet have a way of toggling
>generic kernel flags in userconfig, so instead Bruce is using the unused
>flags on npx0 (which is a required device). This behavior will go away at
>some point...

In the case of the P5-bcopy it isn't at all inappropriate when you consider
the implementation...

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