Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:51:12 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: "Jorge Mario G." <murcielako@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: device npx <--- what for? Message-ID: <20040812135112.0d95ec1d.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20040812173544.84771.qmail@web50307.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040812173544.84771.qmail@web50307.mail.yahoo.com>
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"Jorge Mario G." <murcielako@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi there > I'm using freebsd 5.2.1-RELEASE > > I compiled my kernel without ISA and FLOPPY because I > dont have that hardware. > but the kernel failed at > /../.../isa./npx_devclass and npx_XXXX > > once I added ISA and Floppy all worked again > > my questions is why do I need npx? and isa? npx is the floating point math driver. You either need it or software emulation of an FPU. You need isa because npx depends on it. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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