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From: sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan)
Subject: Re: [386bsd] installing fpu (ULSI) results in floating exceptions
Organization: Kithrup Enterprises, Ltd.
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1992 19:06:22 GMT
Message-ID: <1992Nov30.190622.2701@kithrup.COM>
References: <1992Nov30.013413.1119@ponds.uucp> <1992Nov30.060552.7912@kithrup.COM> <ByJIpL.69w@unx.sas.com>
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In article <ByJIpL.69w@unx.sas.com> sastdr@torpid.unx.sas.com (Thomas David Rivers) writes:
>  Yes, apparently the definition ULSI followed doesn't strictly imply
> superset.  That's the flaw.  

The '387-only instructions are the transcendental instructions.

I have an IIT 387 in my machine, and I guarantee that it executes the entire
suite of instructions.

-- 
Sean Eric Fagan  | "we will probably just crash immediately; but at least
sef@kithrup.COM  |  we will have written less code."
-----------------+                 -- Chris Torek (torek@ee.lbl.gov)
Any opinions expressed are my own, and generally unpopular with others.