From c6729d84d9b03b79dba7c864802f3ed871066fa0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ulrich Drepper Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 08:07:47 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Explain floor() values on Alpha. --- FAQ.in | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/FAQ.in b/FAQ.in index f84ac2a2bba..40dd36698b8 100644 --- a/FAQ.in +++ b/FAQ.in @@ -1476,6 +1476,14 @@ 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). +?? 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. + Answers were given by: {UD} Ulrich Drepper, @@ -1490,6 +1498,7 @@ Answers were given by: {GK} Geoffrey Keating, {HJ} H.J. Lu, {CG} Cristian Gafton, +{AO} Alexandre Oliva, Local Variables: mode:outline -- 2.47.2