From: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Michael Brian Willis <willis@arlut.utexas.edu>
Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: Fedora 7 on a non FPU system
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 14:29:04 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070807142904.77abf384@weaponx.rchland.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1186508561.5592.26.camel@louie>
On Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:42:41 -0500
Michael Brian Willis <willis@arlut.utexas.edu> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm trying to install a Fedora 7 Root File System on an MPC8540 based
> embedded system with a Denx 2.6.21 kernel. I have read the Denx
> Application note located at:
> http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/AN2007_03_InstallFC7OnSequoia.
>
> However this App. Note says that the instructions apply only to
> processors that have a full Floating Point Unit (FPU). My processor does
> not have an FPU and I believe that this is causing some system hangs.
>
> Has anybody every successfully installed Fedora(or another major distro)
> on a non-FPU system? Or, does anybody know what is needed to get it
> working properly on a non FPU system?
CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION in the kernel will emulate floating point
instructions. Try that.
josh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-08-07 19:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-03-12 17:00 Problem in compiling a kernel module Matthias Fechner
2007-03-12 18:36 ` Grant Likely
2007-03-13 4:30 ` Matthias Fechner
2007-03-13 4:55 ` Grant Likely
2007-03-13 12:55 ` Ben Warren
2007-03-14 4:33 ` Matthias Fechner
2007-03-14 6:54 ` Domen Puncer
2007-03-15 4:27 ` Matthias Fechner
2007-08-07 17:42 ` Fedora 7 on a non FPU system Michael Brian Willis
2007-08-07 19:11 ` Roland Dreier
2007-08-07 19:29 ` Josh Boyer [this message]
2007-08-07 21:43 ` Clemens Koller
2007-08-08 22:18 ` Michael Brian Willis
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