linux-kernel - Re: i387 Floating Point Unit (FPU) testing

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0611060035080.29462@yvahk01.tjqt.qr>
Date:	Mon, 6 Nov 2006 00:35:30 +0100 (MET)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	James Courtier-Dutton <James@...erbug.co.uk>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: i387  Floating Point Unit (FPU) testing


> The kernel contains some i387 FPU emulation code.
> Is there any user land software to test the FPU emulation code?
> I would like to be able to prove the correctness of the FPU emulation code in
> the Linux kernel, and also port the test program to other platforms that
> utilize FPU emulation. For example, DOS emulators like DOSBOX.

If the kernel already emulates it, you don't really need emulation in 
userspace, no?

	-`J'
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