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Message-ID: <20081217233357.GI25779@one.firstfloor.org> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:33:57 +0100 From: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> To: Rogier Wolff <R.E.Wolff@...Wizard.nl> Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: 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@...Wizard.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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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