Subject: More queries...
To: None <jhawk@mit.edu>
From: Gordon W. Ross <gwr@jericho.mc.com>
List: port-sun3
Date: 11/11/1994 14:00:50
> Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 13:16:05 EST
> From: John Hawkinson <jhawk@MIT.EDU>
> >Oh yeah, the kernel requires an mc68881 FPU for now.
> >Does your machine have one?
>
> I have no idea; how can I tell?
> The kernel doesn't seem to say much.
If you don't have an FPU, I think it should panic very early during
kernel startup with an illegal instruction trap. (not sure though)
> Oh yes; occasionally, after having been up for a few minutes/hours,
> the machine syslogs:
>
> pmap(): error on pmap_enter_user(), pmap without a context
It stays up for hours? I'm surprised it lives that long.
The pmap code definitely still has problems. Hopefully,
sometime soon I'll manage to fix them...
Gordon