Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 09:48:05 +1100 From: Harry Woodward-Clarke <Harry.Woodward-Clarke@S1.com> To: Thierry Herbelot <herbelot@cybercable.fr> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Do I need a 387 to install FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <384302A4.82447559@S1.com> References: <3842FF47.FCABB55D@cybercable.fr>
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G'day Thierry, no, as far as I know, you don't "need" a maths-co-pro (e.g. 387), but if you don't, you then need to enable the Maths Emulation. Check in the LINT file (typically /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT) for the section MATH_EMULATE - here is the extract from mine (2.2.8-RELEASE)... <snip> # # A math emulator is mandatory if you wish to run on hardware which # does not have a floating-point processor. Pick either the original, # bogus (but freely-distributable) math emulator, or a much more # fully-featured but GPL-licensed emulator taken from Linux. # options MATH_EMULATE #Support for x87 emulation # Don't enable both of these in a real config. options GPL_MATH_EMULATE #Support for x87 emulation via #new math emulator <snip> FWIW, my 'GENERIC' has the line "options MATH_EMULATE #Support for x87 emulation". hth, H To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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