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Chris Caudle wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Angelo Fraietta wrote:<br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">I am running the pc386dx BSP.<br></pre>
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<pre wrap=""><!----><br><br>Joel replied:<br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">generates an instruction that is not valid for <br>an i386DX. It is also possible that your CPU model <br>is just enough not an i386dx where something<br>has finally shown up.<br></pre>
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<pre wrap=""><!----><br>Confusingly, I believe the pc386dx BSP is actually for an i386SX processor.<br>The DX processors include a FP coprocessor, the SX processors do not include a floating point unit. The pc386dx BSP really means software simulation of a DX processor, i.e. software floating point libraries.<br></pre>
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No, that is not correct. Although my target is actually an sx processor,
I have a dx computer without a co-processor. This is how we found the co-processor
fault back in Feb 2001<br>
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