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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.net!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FP Date: 19 Aug 1996 15:59:53 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 13 Message-ID: <4v9vh9$h8@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <32109F45.28D3@alaska.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.coverform.lan X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] hmmm (hmmm@alaska.net) wrote: : i seem to have confirmed the lack of floating point support : in BSD. i play with many different machines and find that adding : an FPU makes the difference between FreeBSD(2.1.5) running : or not. Where'd you get your kernel ? What's your hardware ? It's not fair (and in this case not true) to say "FreeBSD doesn't support xyz 'cos I can't get it to work" without quantifying ! -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....