cvs commit: src/sys/i386/include _types.h

Peter Jeremy peterjeremy at optushome.com.au
Wed Mar 5 18:25:35 UTC 2008


On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 11:21:14AM +0000, Bruce Evans wrote:
>  Log:
>  Change float_t and double_t to long double on i386.  All floating point
>  expressions on i386 are evaluated in the range of the long double type,

npx.h currently defines __INITIAL_NPXCW__ as 0x127f which makes the x87
emulate double (53-bit) precision rather than its native 64-bit long
double.  Doesn't this change also need a corresponding change to npx.h
to make the x87 run with 64-bit precision?

-- 
Peter Jeremy
Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement
an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour.
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