lkml.org 
[lkml]   [1999]   [Oct]   [15]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
SubjectRe: PATCH: (on Alpha) emulating missing instructions
Date
From
> That could be a worthwhile project at some point, as
> that's a fair amount of code. The only thing that concerns
> me, is that is the FP emulation code there to allow booting
> on 386s with no FPU ?
>
> Ie, without it, will the kernel boot on a PC without an FPU ?

It can be made to do so yes. You would be using SIGILL and catching the
exception in userspace instead of kernel space


-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2005-03-22 13:54    [W:0.038 / U:0.052 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site