does FreeBSD still support CPUs without math coprocessors?

Skylar Thompson skylar at cs.earlham.edu
Fri Jul 2 15:17:56 PDT 2004


On Thu, Jul 01, 2004 at 02:19:44AM -0500, Mark Linimon wrote:
> The FAQ claims that it does, but ISTR recent discussion about removing
> the software emulation.  However, a search of the mailing lists, and
> Google, fails to show anything, so it is completely possible that my
> memory is playing tricks on me.
> 
> If that support has gone by the wayside, I'll go ahead and change that
> part of the FAQ, oth4erwise, I'll leave it alone.
> 
> (And yes, I just saw the 386 announcement, so I know about that.)

NAFAIK. NetBSD still does, though.

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