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Message-ID: <SNT125-W35D2C2671994989CA831E7C3780@phx.gbl>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:08:15 -0800
From: Yuhong Bao <yuhongbao_386@...mail.com>
To: <avi@...hat.com>
CC: Yuhong Bao <yuhongbao_386@...mail.com>,
<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: RE: Happy birthday Linus!
> Or rather, Intel designed it in a non-standard way, different from the
> way IBM implemented it later.
Nope, see this for more info on the history:
http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/Math_error_handling_on_x87
By coincidence, this year is the 25th anniversary of the IBM PC/AT, and 25th anniversary of the 80486. Funny, huh?
Yuhong Bao
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