From owner-cvs-all Fri Mar 10 13:41:10 2000 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from lucifer.bart.nl (lucifer.bart.nl [194.158.168.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 406AC37BADD; Fri, 10 Mar 2000 13:41:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from asmodai@lucifer.bart.nl) Received: (from asmodai@localhost) by lucifer.bart.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA04928; Fri, 10 Mar 2000 22:40:53 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from asmodai) Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 22:40:53 +0100 From: Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven To: Garrett Wollman Cc: Alfred Perlstein , Doug Rabson , Martin Cracauer , cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/include npx.h Message-ID: <20000310224053.B4626@lucifer.bart.nl> References: <200003101756.JAA90710@freefall.freebsd.org> <20000310133936.B14279@fw.wintelcom.net> <200003102122.QAA18594@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <200003102122.QAA18594@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>; from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu on Fri, Mar 10, 2000 at 04:22:12PM -0500 Organisation: bART Internet Services B.V. Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -On [20000310 22:30], Garrett Wollman (wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) wrote: >< said: > >> Is there any reason for doing this other than so we can emulate >> linux's bog^H^H^H nifty ability to divide by zero? > >The fact that the IEEE standard says this is the default state. My, does the IEEE encourage bad coding practices then. If I understood the commit correctly. Just for the less kernelsavvy types under us, this commit make sures that my app won't segfault due to a division by zero, right? -- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven Network- and systemadministrator VIA NET.WORKS The Netherlands BSD: Technical excellence at its best http://www.bart.nl Tel: +31 - (0) 10 - 240 39 70 http://www.via-net-works.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message