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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!hri.com!noc.near.net!chaos!random.ccs.northeastern.edu!news From: jtsilla@damon.ccs.northeastern.edu (James Tsillas) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: 386bsd Xfree Message-ID: <JTSILLA.92Sep15125721@damon.ccs.northeastern.edu> Date: 15 Sep 92 17:57:21 GMT References: <1949s2INNrmp@disaster.Germany.EU.net> Sender: news@random.ccs.northeastern.edu Organization: Northeastern University, Boston, MA Lines: 12 In-Reply-To: bs@Germany.EU.net's message of 15 Sep 92 09: 20:02 GMT There's no need to recompile since the math emulation is done through software traps when FPU instructions are found. If you have a 486 or a 387 then you never get an FPU trap and the FPU instruction is handled by the hardware. -Jim. -- *** *** *** James Tsillas jtsilla@damon.ccs.northeastern.edu *** *** "He is after me. Jim is after him." *** *** - Hop on Pop, Dr. Seuss ***