[parisc-linux] commit FP coproc enable code?

Jeffrey A Law law@cygnus.com
Sat, 02 Oct 1999 00:03:57 -0600


  In message <199910012052.NAA13364@milano.cup.hp.com>you write:

  > > Why is not using PDC_COPROC not the right way ?
  > > It should do exactly the same
  > > thing, modulo machines without FPU (for which we do not provide emulation
  > > anyway) and firmware bugs ...
  > 
  > You are right.
  > But I'm lazy and I don't care right now about machines older than PA 1.1.
  > Someone who cares about PA 1.0 can implement that.
I would recommend ignoring PA1.0 -- the only machines with PA1.0 processors
are radically different than the machines y'all are targeting.  The effort
would be spent on PA2.0 :-)


jeff