Carl Lowenstein wrote: > > For the one or two people who might still be reading this thread, I > think I have finally discovered the secret sauce. It is well hidden > in "info gcc" and in fact is not documented in the info file on the > Alpha (gcc 2.95.4). The info file on my FC3 system (gcc 3.4.4) says: > > '-mieee' > The Alpha architecture implements floating-point hardware > optimized for maximum performance. It is mostly compliant with > the IEEE floating point standard. However, for full compliance, > software assistance is required. . . . > > So adding -mieee to CFLAGS in the Makefile seems to actually cure the > problem of detecting Floating Point Exceptions. Both the expected > presence of FPE and the expected absence of FPE are now handled in the > Python test suite Note -- I didn't have to use a newer gcc, just use > the semi-undocumented flag.
Hey, congratulations.. 10 points for chasing that one down! ..jim -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
