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.