Sun 4/110 FPU

Charles Hedrick hedrick at geneva.rutgers.edu
Sat Jan 28 15:14:53 AEST 1989


>The Sun 4 (all models) FPU is not an option, but an integral part of the
>CPU that does all floating-point operations.

?? Take a look at your Sun catalog.  The 4/110S-8 and 4/110SE-8 differ
only in that the SE has an FPU and the S does not.  It's true that there
is no -fsoft.  This is because the kernel traps floating point
instructions on machines without the FPU.  It emulates the FPU.



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