From: Ulrich Drepper Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 08:08:26 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Regenerated: /usr/bin/perl scripts/gen-FAQ.pl FAQ.in X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=303897fe16e8a7123d56d5e70e70724a372e5ea5;p=thirdparty%2Fglibc.git Regenerated: /usr/bin/perl scripts/gen-FAQ.pl FAQ.in --- diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index c84ea22effe..afc9f9ec4be 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ please let me know. daylight saving time is in effect the timezone string is EST. 4.6. I've build make 3.77 against glibc 2.1 and now make gets segmentation faults. +4.7. Why do so many programs using math functions fail on my AlphaStation? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @@ -1708,6 +1709,15 @@ filesystem support :-( ). To get a working make you can use either make 3.75 or patch 3.77. A working patch is available via RedHat's Rawhide server (ftp://rawhide.redhat.com/SRPMS/SRPMS/make-3.77-*src.rpm). + +4.7. Why do so many programs using math functions fail on my AlphaStation? + +{AO} The functions floor() and floorf() use an instruction that is not +implemented in some old PALcodes of AlphaStations. This may cause +`Illegal Instruction' core dumps or endless loops in programs that +catch these signals. Updating the firmware to a 1999 release has +fixed the problem on an AlphaStation 200 4/166. + ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @@ -1724,6 +1734,7 @@ Answers were given by: {GK} Geoffrey Keating, {HJ} H.J. Lu, {CG} Cristian Gafton, +{AO} Alexandre Oliva, Local Variables: mode:outline