Subject: Re: 68882 FPU?
To: None <ender@macbsd.com>
From: Levi Sluder <eclipse@trellis.net>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/24/2000 21:13:57
I was running 1.4.1. After reading your message I loaded 1.4.2 and that
fixed all the Illegal Instruction errors. I think I'm still gonna get an FPU
though. Thanks...

        -- Levi Sluder

Colin Wood wrote:

> Levi Sluder wrote:
> > Hey, I have NetBSD totally up and running on my FPU-less LC III. I even
> > have ethernet working with an Asante MacCon LC III. Anyway, the FPE is
> > too broken on my system, so I need to buy an FPU. I know the one I need
> > is the 68882 but I can only find it at 33 mhz. And I think the the LC
> > III runs at 25. Now having the hardware and OCing knowledge I have, I
> > seem to think you can put a higher rated chip in a slower system. Is
> > this the deal, or do I have to find a 25mhz one? Thanks for any help...
> > (oh, and where is the cheapest place to get one?)
>
> what version of netbsd are you using?  the 1.4.2 kernel should have much
> more stable FPE than 1.4 or 1.4.1.
>
> -colin