Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 15:39:34 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: More on the Linux emulator (problem?) Message-ID: <199603060509.PAA23174@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199603060038.LAA20694@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Mar 6, 96 11:08:42 am
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Michael Smith stands accused of saying: > > I'm trying to track down a bogon, and in the process have come across > something a bit weird : > > 199 idl RET write 324/0x144 > 199 idl CALL read(0x3,0xefbfcb18,0x20) > 199 idl RET read -1 errno -11 Unknown error: -11 > > fd 3 is the connection to the X server. After this, it selects, and > then reads successfully from fd 3. If this is at all hard, forget it. It's not a problem, but a bug in the application that bites it native under Linux as well. > Also, if anyone knows anything about the floating point environment under > Linux; any commentary on differences that might cause problems would be > handy. And on this topic I can happily reassure people that FP code for Linux appears to work 100% correct under FreeBSD as well. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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