Subject: Re: floating point fails
To: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis@mcmanis.com>
From: Brian Chase <bdc@world.std.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 01/17/2001 14:16:02
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Chuck McManis wrote:

> Actually Rick is referring to the POLYD instruction that isn't present on
> the 4000/60 and 4000/90 and so has to be emulated. If you haven't
> configured your kernel to emulate this instruction you get an illegal
> instruction trap when you try to execute FP code in some apps.

Ahh.. my bad.

-brian.
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