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Date:      Thu, 6 Mar 2008 17:23:01 +1100
From:      Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>
To:        Colin Percival <cperciva@FreeBSD.ORG>, Bruce Evans <bde@FreeBSD.ORG>, src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/include _types.h
Message-ID:  <20080306062301.GX68971@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <20080306033246.GA47280@zim.MIT.EDU>
References:  <200803051121.m25BLE03035426@repoman.freebsd.org> <20080305182531.GS68971@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20080306021222.GA46783@zim.MIT.EDU> <47CF5D19.3090100@freebsd.org> <20080306033246.GA47280@zim.MIT.EDU>

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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.

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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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