Subject: Re: First BSD system
To: None <ulrich.hausmann@a2e.hp.shuttle.de>
From: Ken Nakata <knakata@itpjp.co.jp>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/04/1999 15:04:42
On Fri, 4 Jun 1999 07:41:00 +0200, Ulrich Hausmann wrote:
> 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?

Yes, NetBSD probes for FPU and uses it if there exists one, or uses FPE
(software emulation) otherwise.  The advantage is the speed.  Hardware 
is much faster than software.

Ken