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Date:      Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:17:51 +0000
From:      "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@FreeBSD.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r188937 - head/sys/i386/ibcs2
Message-ID:  <49A2CC2F.9090208@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <200902231538.n1NFcZUp028914@svn.freebsd.org>
References:  <200902231538.n1NFcZUp028914@svn.freebsd.org>

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John Baldwin wrote:
> Log:
>   FreeBSD/i386 doesn't include a software FPU emulator anymore, so adjust
>   an iBCS2 syscall to indicate that there is no FPU support at all rather
>   than emulated support if an FPU is not present.
>   

There are a bunch of x86 like chips out there produced by RDC which do 
not have a hardware FPU. I had a crack at trying to get FreeBSD to build 
userland with the softfloat code but didn't get to a working world.

Someone else might be interested in picking up on that...



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