Subject: Re: port-vax/34784: ps/top/systat die on -current vax w/ Illegal
To: None <gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org>
From: Michael L. Hitch <mhitch@lightning.msu.montana.edu>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 04/08/2007 16:15:47
On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, oster@cs.usask.ca wrote:

>> Description:
> 	The following commands do not work on a cross-built -current
> (i386->vax):
>
> oster@floyd-28> ps -u
> Illegal instruction
> oster@floyd-29> top
> Illegal instruction
> oster@floyd-30> systat pigs
> [screen clears, then]
> Illegal instruction

   As was noted in the port-vax list, these problems were due to the use of 
the log() function and the use in log() of finite() which appeared to be
ignored when using builtins and accessing the invalid floating point 
value used for NaN.

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Michael L. Hitch			mhitch@montana.edu
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Montana State University	Bozeman, MT	USA