Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 03:06:58 -0700 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> To: Stephen McKay <syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 3.0-R on a amd386dx/40 Message-ID: <19981021030658.41265@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <199810210955.TAA08445@nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au>; from Stephen McKay on Wed, Oct 21, 1998 at 07:55:13PM %2B1000 References: <19981021004537.00515@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> <199810210847.SAA06623@nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au> <19981021022458.12727@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> <199810210933.TAA07949@nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au> <19981021023848.61590@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> <199810210955.TAA08445@nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au>
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Stephen McKay scribbled this message on Oct 21: > On Wednesday, 21st October 1998, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > > >Stephen McKay scribbled this message on Oct 21: > >> On Wednesday, 21st October 1998, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > >> > >> >Stephen McKay scribbled this message on Oct 21: > >> >> Sounds like the FP emulator isn't working. What do the npx lines say > >> >> on boot? > >> > > >> >well, it doesn't matter... as I told another person, the problem is > >> >that the binaries FAIL on a 2.2.1-R system... > > >> Run 3.0 binaries on a 3.0 system and you'll have a better time of it. > > >that's the WHOLE PROBLEM!!! 3.0 binaries on a 3.0-R kernel from the > >3.0-R bin dist don't run!!! > > Well, I think I'll return to my FP failure theory. It's the only one > consistent with fsck failing after the word "free". The first floating > point operation occurs just after that printf(). > > Try "awk", for example. It uses floating point, and I think it will die. > "df" uses double. "newfs" uses float. "ls" doesn't, and it works. It's > a floating point problem, or I'll eat my copy of the Pointy Hat! > > I still think the "npx" lines from boot are relevant. ok, here are the lines: npx0 on motherboard npx0: 387 emulator these are the lines from a 2.2.6-R system that has problems running the binaries... I can't see how newfs would fail (elf) but systat (a.out) would work perfectly fine under the same kernel if the emulator was broken... oh, and fsck (a.out), newfs (a.out) and df (a.out) also work perfectly fine... -- John-Mark Gurney Voice: +1 541 684 8449 Cu Networking P.O. Box 5693, 97405 Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD Don't trust anyone you don't have the source for To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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