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From: Andi Kleen <andi@firstfloor.org>
To: Rogier Wolff <R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: FPU emulation broken in 2.6.28-rc8 ?
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:45:39 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <878wqe1kvg.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20081217203227.GA10899@bitwizard.nl> (Rogier Wolff's message of "Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:32:27 +0100")

Rogier Wolff <R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.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)

-Andi

-- 
ak@linux.intel.com

  reply	other threads:[~2008-12-17 22:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-12-17  8:56 FPU emulation broken in 2.6.28-rc8 ? Rogier Wolff
2008-12-17 20:32 ` Rogier Wolff
2008-12-17 22:45   ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2008-12-17 22:52     ` Rogier Wolff
2008-12-17 23:20       ` Jesper Juhl
2008-12-17 23:33       ` Andi Kleen
2008-12-18  8:19         ` Rogier Wolff

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