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SubjectRe: irq 13 math error
On Tue, 5 Mar 1996, Larry 'Daffy' Daffner wrote:

>
> It just means that your math coprocessor raises IRQ13 to signal an
> interesting condition. It's nothing to be concerned about, just means
> your copro chews up an IRQ. And yes, math error might not be the most
> comforting description to put there :)
>
How about something really criptic, like npu linkage ? Serously,
npu exception would be better. Isn't that one generated by the kernel
when trying to see how the cpu/npu linkage is setup on this hardware, and
why does it show up on my hardware, when it uses exception 16 error
reporting ?


>
> -Larry
>
Bryn
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