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@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ please let me know.
`setsockopt', `getsockname', `getpeername', `send',
`sendto', and `recvfrom' are different in GNU libc than
on any other system I saw. This is a bug, isn't it?''
+
+[Q19] ``My XXX kernel emulates a floating-point coprocessor for me.
+ Should I enable --with-fp?''
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[Q1] ``What systems does the GNU C Library run on?''
@@ -571,6 +574,15 @@ like the Alpha.
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+[Q19] ``My XXX kernel emulates a floating-point coprocessor for me.
+ Should I enable --with-fp?''
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+[A19] {UD} As `configure --help' shows the default value is `yes' and
+this should not be changed unless the FPU instructions would be
+invalid. I.e., an emulated FPU is for the libc as good as a real one.
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Answers were given by:
{UD} Ulrich Drepper, <drepper@cygnus.com>