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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!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: <1g5reqINNd4@tricky.wft.stack.urc.tue.nl> Date: 9 Dec 92 22:20:10 GMT References: <1fdmseINN5i6@tricky.wft.stack.urc.tue.nl> Organization: Baseline Labs. Eindhoven Holland Lines: 31 NNTP-Posting-Host: shark.wft.stack.urc.tue.nl X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6] Jim Rump (jim@shark.wft.stack.urc.tue.nl) wrote: : 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, Hi, I also tried a IIT. Result: same as with USLI. The problem is as concluded earlier the mainboard! Jim