Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!st12a From: st12a@menudo.uh.edu (richard henderson~) Subject: Re: Floating point support in GCC Message-ID: <1991Apr16.135942.18650@menudo.uh.edu> Organization: University of Houston References: Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1991 13:59:42 GMT In article awb@uk.ac.ed.aipna (Alan W Black) writes: >The correct solution to the problem is to modifiy the GCC 386 machine >description so that it never generates any 387 instructions. This Would not a better solution be to add a 387 emulator to the MINIX kernel? I have recently ordered my copy of MINIX 1.5 as a cost-effective alt to Xenix, and I am interested in persuing this topic. However, I would be interested in hooking up with someone who knows the kernel a bit more intimately. >Alan W Black 80 South Bridge, Edinburgh, UK >Dept of Artificial Intelligence tel: (+44) -31 650 2713 >University of Edinburgh email: awb@ed.ac.uk -------- richard~ richard@stat.tamu.edu st12a@menudo.uh.edu