Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: RFC: changing precision control setting in initial FPU context | Date | Sat, 3 Mar 2001 23:37:45 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> with GCC's 64-bit doubles (and its 64-bit clean but 80-bit dirty > floating point optimizations), so I'm proposing adding an instruction > to "init_fpu()" to change the default hardware control word.
You want peoples existing applications to suddenely and magically change their results. Umm problem. If your app needs a specific control word then just force it in the app
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