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Date:      Mon, 03 Feb 1997 09:30:23 -0700
From:      Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>
To:        Peter Wemm <peter@spinner.dialix.com>
Cc:        smp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Current SMP status inquiry 
Message-ID:  <199702031630.JAA15825@clem.systemsix.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 Feb 1997 22:42:09 %2B0800." <199702031442.WAA08729@spinner.DIALix.COM> 

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Hi,

>> 	That program locks my machine up solid.  (I got it from the perl5
>> configuration script, after several attempts to compile the port hung my
>> machine.)
>
>It looks to me that the problem with the fpu stuff might be more a 
>function of FPU error handling (irq13 vs. IDT trap #16) rather than just 
>plain floating point operations...

I agree, and think that someone could find it by examining what goes on
in i386/isa/npx.c:mpxintr().

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