Re: non-IEEE754 float

2016-08-26 Thread David Holland
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 09:36:51AM +0200, Martin Husemann wrote: > > IBM has its own float format with FLT_RADIX=16. > > Only in 1998 they started offering IEEE754 float on the same hardware. > > Does NetBSD intend/does support this? is this something to keep in mind? > > I'd say: worry about

Re: libm

2016-08-26 Thread coypu
If people think an upstream is useful, I suggest deleting our libm completely and replacing it with musl's.

Re: libm

2016-08-26 Thread David Holland
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 10:35:00PM +0900, Rin Okuyama wrote: > > (1) libm is horribly non-KNF; my understanding is that at one time it > > had an upstream of sorts which is why it's the way it is, but it > > doesn't any more so there's no longer any reason to humour this. Is > > that correct?

Re: libm

2016-08-26 Thread Rin Okuyama
On 2016/08/26 13:13, David Holland wrote: (1) libm is horribly non-KNF; my understanding is that at one time it had an upstream of sorts which is why it's the way it is, but it doesn't any more so there's no longer any reason to humour this. Is that correct? I think so too. But there still rema

Re: non-IEEE754 float

2016-08-26 Thread Martin Husemann
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 04:24:19AM +, co...@sdf.org wrote: > Hi, > > IBM has its own float format with FLT_RADIX=16. > Only in 1998 they started offering IEEE754 float on the same hardware. > Does NetBSD intend/does support this? is this something to keep in mind? I'd say: worry about this wh