Subject: Re: Why no 128-bit FPU?
To: None <eeh@netbsd.org>
From: Greywolf <greywolf@starwolf.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/23/2002 09:32:46
I must confess this message looks a bit odd coming from the sparc64
spearhead; have you had enough coffee yet?
Since the SPARC port is 64-bit fpu/v8, wouldn't supporting 128-bit/v9
on it be *forward* compatible?
or is it I who have not yet consumed adequate doses of caffeine and
hence am misunderstanding your question?
# Is there some reason the sparc port does not support
# the 128-bit FPU emulation and v9 instructions? It should
# be backwards compatible?
#
# Eduardo
#
--*greywolf;
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