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Date:      Thu, 6 Mar 2008 05:25:31 +1100
From:      Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>
To:        Bruce Evans <bde@freebsd.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/include _types.h
Message-ID:  <20080305182531.GS68971@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <200803051121.m25BLE03035426@repoman.freebsd.org>
References:  <200803051121.m25BLE03035426@repoman.freebsd.org>

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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?

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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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