From: James Courtier-Dutton <James@superbug.co.uk>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: i387 Floating Point Unit (FPU) testing
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2006 00:12:33 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <454E7DF1.7020102@superbug.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0611060035080.29462@yvahk01.tjqt.qr>
Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>> 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'
Hum...Did you actually read my email?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-11-06 0:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-11-05 21:16 i387 Floating Point Unit (FPU) testing James Courtier-Dutton
2006-11-05 23:35 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-11-06 0:12 ` James Courtier-Dutton [this message]
2006-11-07 1:11 ` H. Peter Anvin
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