Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 19:36:03 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> To: Peter Wemm <peter@spinner.dialix.com> Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pentium CPU steppings Message-ID: <3057.849292563@critter.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 30 Nov 1996 02:28:01 %2B0800." <199611291828.CAA19491@spinner.DIALix.COM>
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In message <199611291828.CAA19491@spinner.DIALix.COM>, Peter Wemm writes: >Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: >> >Hmm, I wonder if it's safe to test for this at the end of npx.c in the >> >kernel? >> >> Linux can do it, so why couldn't we ? > >Yeah, but have you ever seen it report "yes"? Last I checked, (2.0.twenty >something), the code looked very much like it hardwired the "fdiv bug >present?" result to "no" and I could not find any code in the kernel that yes, they circumvent it, I belive in their compiler :-) -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.
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