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From: jh@efd.lth.se (Joergen Haegg)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: FPU in FreeBSD?
Date: 9 Nov 1993 14:18:47 GMT
Organization: Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden
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I noticed that some files in gcc was compiled with -NOFPU.
Does this mean that I don't use the FPU in my 486 DX2?

What should I do to get maximum floating-point performance in FreeBSD
and my own programs?
Is it enough to add '-m486'?


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