Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 13:58:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X problems & 5.0... -RELEASE? Message-ID: <15787.1474.824422.286474@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0210141053301.33371-100000@root.org> References: <15786.50928.826403.959175@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0210141053301.33371-100000@root.org>
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Nate Lawson writes: > On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > Given that it (apparently) happens on X servers compiled months ago, > > my gut feeling is that it is a bug in the kernel floating point > > context save/restore in the presence of signals. > > > > I still can't run X without crashing the *kernel* because of the > > conglomeration of hacks that was added to i386/machdep.c to paper-over > > floatingpoing problems after the latest KSE brea^W import. The > > last machdep.c that works for me is 1.539. This has been dragging > > on for nearly 2 weeks. > > > > Drew > > I don't know how to say this strongly enough but can someone PLEASE PLEASE > fix this properly? It is preventing real work from getting done. I think we're all waiting for Julian and Jonathan Mini to fix this.. It would probably help if they had some sort of a test program that could duplicate the bug in a controlled setting without a lot of confusing application software running.. Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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