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Re: MATH_EMULATE

To: port-i386%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: MATH_EMULATE
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry%piermont.com@localhost>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:02:30 -0500

Andrew Doran <ad%netbsd.org@localhost> writes:
> I tried this out by disabling FP. The machine booted OK but a lot was
> broken. Almost all recent x86 processors have FP, including the embedded
> class ones, so I think it should be removed.

If that gets done, there is a lot in both userland and the kernel that
can be cleaned out.

-- 
Perry E. Metzger                perry%piermont.com@localhost

References:
- MATH_EMULATE
  - From: Andrew Doran

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