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SubjectRe: FPU emulation broken in 2.6.28-rc8 ?
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 11:52:21PM +0100, Rogier Wolff wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 11:45:39PM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > Rogier Wolff <R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl> writes:
> > >>
> > >> I'm trying to set up a thin client, which runs on a geode, which
> > >> apparently doesn't have a FPU.... (/proc/cpuinfo mentions the flag
> > >> "fpu", what does THAT mean?)
> >
> > Geodes all have FPUs to my knowledge.
> > The only FPU less x87s are 386s and special 486s (and a few emulators)
> >
> > If the FPU doesn't work on the Geode something else must be broken
> > (or your CPU is not really a Geode)
>
> Although the /proc/cpuinfo file shows the FPU flag, the kernel stops
> with "no fpu found, and math emulation not present" if I disable
> FP emulation....

As I said then the problem is likely with the FPU check.

That said I don't doubt that FPU emulation might have broken
again (that is because hardly anyone uses it), just that fixing
it is not the real fix for your problem.

-Andi


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