Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 08:48:18 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Don't upgrade your Alphas! Message-ID: <15991.9122.826678.673067@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <20030318080132.GB10867@HAL9000.homeunix.com> References: <20030317161219.GA1429@sunbay.com> <200303150947.h2F9l5eQ028059@repoman.freebsd.org> <20030317164037.GB98100@sunbay.com> <20030318073019.GA10737@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <3E76CE0F.8FAA6AE3@mindspring.com> <20030318080132.GB10867@HAL9000.homeunix.com>
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David Schultz writes: > Thus spake Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>: > > David Schultz wrote: > > > This is because floating point > > > support on Alpha is broken unless you specifically tell gcc to > > > unbreak it by specifying -mieee. > > > > Sounds like the ability to turn "-mieee" off at all, let alone > > making it the default, is bad? If so, why is that the way it > > is configured? > > > > > I'm hoping there's a better solution than > > > disabling support for NaNs in strtod(). > > > > Make "-mieee" on by default? > > Well, I was secretly hoping I'd get that answer from the Powers > That Be, but I think it's off by default on purpose for efficiency > reasons. That would imply that I need to come up with a workaround > that involves not generating NaN values, *period*. Sigh. FWIW, I think -mieee should be on by default. If anybody cared about speed, they'd use the compaq compiler or a P4. Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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