1. RE: Floating point hardware
- Posted by rforno at tutopia.com
Aug 02, 2002
Oops. I meant force the non-use of FP Hardware, i. e., using emulation to
avoid the early Pentium fp bug.
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Craig <rds at RapidEuphoria.com>
Subject: Re: Floating point hardware
>
> Ricardo Forno writes:
> > I am translating REFMAN.DOC into Spanish.
> > I found in a Performance Note that ex.exe will use
> > routines contained into it to simulate floating point
> > hardware if not present. It says that these routines
> > may reside in Windows, implying that this applies
> > to exw.exe. But what about exu/Linux?
>
> exu uses hardware floating-point instructions.
> I assume that if the hardware isn't present, Linux will
> emulate f.p. with software, just like Windows does.
> In any case, I don't provide you with any f.p. options on Linux.
> The percentage of machines that don't have hardware f.p.
> is very small and getting smaller.
>
> > And what about forcing the use of FP hardware under exw.ex and exu?
>
> f.p. hardware, if it exists, will be used when you run exw and exu.
> You don't have an option. There is nothing to "force".
>
> Regards,
> Rob Craig
> Rapid Deployment Software
> http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
>
>
>
>
2. RE: Floating point hardware
- Posted by rforno at tutopia.com
Aug 04, 2002
I know that, Rolf. This is only for the translation of Refman.doc to
Spanish.
Regards.
----- Original Message -----
From: <r.schr at t-online.de>
Subject: Re: Floating point hardware
>
> rforno at tutopia.com wrote:
> >
> > Oops. I meant force the non-use of FP Hardware, i. e., using emulation
to
> > avoid the early Pentium fp bug.
>
> My wish would be to force the use of FP hardware. But there could be a
> switch (i.e. with FPSOFT) to change this. Have in mind: the FP software
> (which is used only under DOS) is in a certain number range not as
> accurate as the FP hardware is. Only in case you have not changed the
> corrupt Pentium you should use the FP software.
>
> Have a nice day, Rolf
>
>
>
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