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

Peter Jeremy peterjeremy at optushome.com.au
Thu Mar 6 06:23:04 UTC 2008


On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 10:32:46PM -0500, David Schultz wrote:
>gcc doesn't get any of this right. FreeBSD/i386 fixes the problem
>for /doubles/ by setting the i387 to use 53-bit precision.

Note that FreeBSD/amd64 does not do this when running i386 binaries
so you can get discrepancies between running the same program natively
vs running it in compatibility mode.

-- 
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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