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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uunet!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!pcch01.triumf.ca!pierre From: pierre@pcch01.triumf.ca (Pierre Amaudruz) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Floating point operation under 386BSD Date: 7 Nov 1992 01:12:10 GMT Organization: TRIUMF, Vancouver BC Lines: 20 Distribution: world Message-ID: <1df55aINNofi@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: pcch01.triumf.ca hello Having installed successfully 386BSD running Xwindow in 1024x768 on a 486/25 or/33 with XL wonder, the next step for us was performances. As our private benchmark tests did not satisfies us, the question is : a) Does 386BSD use the internal Floating Point Processor(FPP) of the 486? b) Does libm.a emulate the FPP operation to be portable on 386 w/o 387? c) Is there some tools to check if the FPP is being used? d) using gdb> info float<cr> does return me NOTHING! Is is suppose to to tell me something? e) Should I get my hand on a special library? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Pierre-Andre Amaudruz TRIUMF, Vancouver BC