Subject: Re: Does Mac IIci _really_ need to had FPSP & FPEMUL?
To: Allen Briggs <briggs@puma.bevd.blacksburg.va.us>
From: Paul Goyette <paul@pgoyette.bdt.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/10/1996 06:29:37
> > Since the Mac IIci has a 68030 CPU which includes floating point, I tried
> > to build a kernel that didn't have FPSP or FPEMUL options in the config
> > file. The kernel built OK, and it booted in single-user mode, but as
> > soon as I tried to answer the "what shell do you want?" question, it hung
> > up solid. Couldn't even use the interrupt (NMI) switch to get into the
> > debugger to find out where it hung!
>
> Was this from the same set of sources that compiled a kernel that works?
Yup. Its from a sup earlier this week (Monday or Tuesday). To fix the
problem I just put those options back in, did a "make clean && make
depend && make" from the same sources, and it worked.