Sebastian Moeller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello Jean-Paul > > On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Jean-Paul Blaquiere wrote: > > > I haven't applied any of these patches the other guys have mentioned either. > > What do they do our of interest? > > If I was one of the other guys, than you refer to the traps.c issue. > Here you see what i was talking about:
8< snip >8 > Well as you see EV4 does not have precise trapping. Without this patch > applied any programm producing a trap will hang (while eating all > processor time it can get). The patch is necessary to make floor() and > ciel() work as they should (tested on jensen) with vanilla 2.2.16 to > 2.2.18 sources. Chances are that debian kernel packages are already > fixed. Unfortunately I have no experience with debian so far (stuck > behind a modem line). They're not :-) I know, I've tried the latest Debian kernels on a multia, and ceil() and floor() hang... I've been looking for this patch for a very long time :-) Do you mind me asking: - Why is this not part of the standard kernel ? Does this break anything else ? - Why is this not part of Debian's kernel ? - Where does this come from ? Is it in a CVS kernel archive somewhere ? Phil.
