Subject: Re: When are MATH_EMULATE and VM86 needed? [was: multiprocessor i386...]
To: henry nelson <netb@irm.nara.kindai.ac.jp>
From: Alex <xela@MIT.EDU>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/01/2004 21:12:18
> >  I am running 2xP3 600 on Intel mobo.
> > options 	I686_CPU
> [...]
> > options 	MATH_EMULATE	# floating point emulation
> > options 	VM86		# virtual 8086 emulation
> 
> On anything running Pentiums (I586_CPU) and above, can these two be commented
> out?  TIA

options MATH_EMULATE definitely can be commented out.  There may be 
contexts in which you'd want options VM86, but I always comment it
out in my kernels.  The options(4) man page would be a lot more
useful if it were a lot less terse.

---Alex