On Thu, Jul 15, 1999 at 12:08:07AM -0400, Luoqi Chen wrote:
> > I've been getting this panic when I've installed new kernels the last
> > couple of times. The panic is occuring when I have freshly booted the
> > system with a new kernel and logged on for the first time. It appears
> > to occur a
> I've been getting this panic when I've installed new kernels the last
> couple of times. The panic is occuring when I have freshly booted the
> system with a new kernel and logged on for the first time. It appears
> to occur at the point at which I start fetchmail in my profile, FWIW.
>
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Hi Warner,
>Without commenting on the need to have an emulator in the kernel,
>doesn't -msoft-float work faster?
Yes it does. The kernel has to emulate an 80x87, giving you the
following sequence:
a) trap to kernel
b) decode FP instruction
c) fetch operands - possibly including copyin()
d) perfo
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mike Smith writes:
: Lots (and I mean _lots_) of embedded systems use fpu-less 386 and 486
: cores. Alienating users of these systems would be a dumb idea.
Without commenting on the need to have an emulator in the kernel,
doesn't -msoft-float work faster? Or is t
I've been getting this panic when I've installed new kernels the last
couple of times. The panic is occuring when I have freshly booted the
system with a new kernel and logged on for the first time. It appears
to occur at the point at which I start fetchmail in my profile, FWIW.
BTW: My home di
