Subject: Re: Status of math_emulate
To: None <port-i386@netbsd.org>
From: Pierre Dubuc <pldubuc@yahoo.ca>
List: port-i386
Date: 02/26/2007 16:49:57
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Replying to message <200702261657.l1QGvKmP022204@lothlorien.nfbcal.org>

> 	If this is a 486DX, there should be a floating point unit built-in.
> In your original dmesg, I didn't see an npx device, but I should have.  is
> it missing from your configuration?  I ran NetBSD successfully on a 486DX
> for years, and it did floating point just fine.  Is there something special
> about your 486?

Well, it looks more and more like a 486SX, even if the dmesg says it's a 
DX. With a GENERIC kernel, which does probe for an npx unit, dmesg says 
nothing about one. In a custom kernel without math_emulate, most daemons 
fail on startup complaining about lack of floating point support.

- -- 
Pierre Dubuc
pldubuc@yahoo.ca
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