Subject: Re: First BSD system
To: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
From: Ulrich Hausmann <ulrich.hausmann@a2e.hp.shuttle.de>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/04/1999 07:41:00
Colin (&Bill),

ok, thanks for your reply. Now, does NetBSD support an - eventually -
existing FPU in a IIsi? And would there be any advantage over the
emulation?

Thanks in advance,

Ulrich

=C0 (At) 23:50 Uhr +0200 03.06.1999, Colin Wood =E9crivait (wrote) :
> netbsd supports 68882 FP emulation just fine (and has for several years
> now).  it is the 68LC040 FPE that has a problem (with the FMOVEM?
> instruction).  according to a recent note from Ken, the FPE is actually
> more accurate than a full-blown 68040 :-)