Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 14:45:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "User Rdkeys Robert D. Keys" <rdkeys@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: GCC - math coprocessor problems? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971007144446.5434C-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <199710061724.NAA10543@seedlab1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
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On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, User Rdkeys Robert D. Keys wrote: > Does anyone know if the lack of a co-processor affects gcc operation on > FreeBSD 2.xx or 3.xx? I have one source that I was trying to compile > that usually compiles fine on all my FBSD boxes. On this one machine, > I took out the math coprocessor and put it in another box. Then a bit > later I brought up 2.1.7.1 on it and it seems to be running fine. Then > I tried a tex compile from native sources (which usually runs fine on > my 486 boxes), and on this partcular 386 box gcc came back with parsing > errors after including a second level of header file. I tried different > ram, different processor speeds, different wait states, cache/no-cache, > etc., and none of that fixed the problem. The only thing I can attribute > it to is the presence or absence of the coprocessor, which seems strange. Did you compile the knerel with the math emulator installed? I'm assuming that this is an existing install on the 386. What are the error, exactly? Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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