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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!haven.umd.edu!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!tuegate.tue.nl!terra.stack.urc.tue.nl!tricky.wft.stack.urc.tue.nl!jim From: jim@shark.wft.stack.urc.tue.nl (Jim Rump) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: [386bsd] instlling fpu results in floating exceptions Message-ID: <1fdmseINN5i6@tricky.wft.stack.urc.tue.nl> Date: 30 Nov 92 18:34:54 GMT References: <andre.27@maties.sun.ac.za> Organization: Baseline Inc. Eindhoven Holland Lines: 23 NNTP-Posting-Host: shark.wft.stack.urc.tue.nl X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6] Andre B. Skarzynski (andre@maties.sun.ac.za) wrote: : In article <6440@tuegate.tue.nl> jim@blade.stack.urc.tue.nl (Jim Rump) writes: : : >Hi, : : >I also bought one a few day ago(ULSI). This fpu causes the same problems : >described above. Since I installled the pfu gcc is stop frequently] : >by SIGNAL 6. Very stange..... : : >I hope someone has some experience with this. : : : I also have this problem with my '287 npu installed. But sometimes : if I run gcc again on the same code it works! Strange. : : It is an intel 287. I think. Yes this I excactly what is experienced. The probem can be solved if you mask the floating excpetions in npx.h. I'am trying this at this moment . I'll keep you informed. Jim,