*BSD News Article 8385


Return to BSD News archive

Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!tuegate.tue.nl!terra.stack.urc.tue.nl!tricky.wft.stack.urc.tue.nl!jim
From: jim@shark.wft.stack.urc.tue.nl (Jim Rump)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: [386bsd] instlling fpu results in floating exceptions
Message-ID: <1fdmseINN5i6@tricky.wft.stack.urc.tue.nl>
Date: 30 Nov 92 18:34:54 GMT
References: <andre.27@maties.sun.ac.za>
Organization: Baseline Inc. Eindhoven Holland
Lines: 23
NNTP-Posting-Host: shark.wft.stack.urc.tue.nl
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

Andre B. Skarzynski (andre@maties.sun.ac.za) wrote:
: In article <6440@tuegate.tue.nl> jim@blade.stack.urc.tue.nl (Jim Rump) writes:
: 
: >Hi,
: 
: >I also bought one a few day ago(ULSI). This fpu causes the same problems
: >described above. Since I installled the pfu gcc is stop frequently]
: >by SIGNAL 6. Very stange.....
: 
: >I hope someone has some experience with this.
: 
: 
: I also have this problem with my '287 npu installed. But sometimes 
: if I run gcc again on the same code it works! Strange.
: 
: It is an intel 287. I think. 

Yes this I excactly what is experienced. The probem can be solved 
if you mask the floating excpetions in npx.h.

I'am trying this at this moment . I'll keep you informed.

Jim,