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changeset 16573:99dddd1393e9
fpucw: Doc about FreeBSD.
* lib/fpucw.h: Mention FreeBSD in comments.
author | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> |
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date | Mon, 05 Mar 2012 13:16:20 +0100 |
parents | 7f3a9da7d85d |
children | 4acf461e0a81 |
files | ChangeLog lib/fpucw.h |
diffstat | 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2012-03-05 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> + + fpucw: Doc about FreeBSD. + * lib/fpucw.h: Mention FreeBSD in comments. + 2012-03-04 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> sqrt* tests: More tests.
--- a/lib/fpucw.h +++ b/lib/fpucw.h @@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ On some platforms, such as NetBSD, the default precision is set to "double precision". This means that 'long double' instructions will operate - only as 'double', i.e. lead wrong results. + only as 'double', i.e. lead to wrong results. Similarly on FreeBSD 6.4, at + least for the division of 'long double' numbers. The FPU control word is under control of the application, i.e. it is not required to be set either way by the ABI. (In fact, the i386 ABI