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Re: FP Exceptions

Subject: Re: FP Exceptions
From: T. Daniel Crawford (crawdad@vt.edu)
Date: Tue May 1 05:26:06 2001


On Tue, 1 May 2001, Uncle George wrote:

> yup, u are not alone. I would just edit the 2.4.x kernel that u have. It seems like the
> kernel is in flux for the alpha series :-{
> /gat
>
> BTW my problem with the 2.4.x kernel was with the failure of pppoe ( dsl ) to work :-/
>

Yup, I added your patch to my 2.4.2 kernel and it compiles. After I get
back from my class this morning I'll give it a shot.

Your DSL connection depends on lots of FP math?

Also, should I get lots of warnings like:

math.c: In function `alpha_fp_emul':
math.c:204: warning: right shift count is negative
math.c:204: warning: left shift count >= width of type
math.c:220: warning: left shift count is negative
math.c:245: warning: statement with no effect
math.c:265: warning: right shift count >= width of type
math.c:265: warning: right shift count >= width of type
math.c:269: warning: right shift count >= width of type
math.c:269: warning: right shift count >= width of type
math.c:277: warning: statement with no effect
math.c:277: warning: statement with no effect
math.c:277: warning: statement with no effect
math.c:284: warning: statement with no effect
math.c:284: warning: statement with no effect
math.c:284: warning: statement with no effect
math.c:99: warning: `SR_c' might be used uninitialized in this function
math.c:99: warning: `SR_s' might be used uninitialized in this function
math.c:99: warning: `SR_e' might be used uninitialized in this function
math.c:99: warning: `SR_f' might be used uninitialized in this function
math.c:100: warning: `DR_c' might be used uninitialized in this function
math.c:100: warning: `DR_s' might be used uninitialized in this function
math.c:100: warning: `DR_e' might be used uninitialized in this function
math.c:100: warning: `DR_f' might be used uninitialized in this function

when I compile math.c?

-Daniel

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