Subject: Re: First BSD system
To: Ulrich Hausmann <ulrich.hausmann@a2e.hp.shuttle.de>
From: Colin Wood <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/03/1999 22:57:30
Ulrich Hausmann wrote:
> Colin (&Bill),
>
> ok, thanks for your reply. Now, does NetBSD support an - eventually -
> existing FPU in a IIsi?
yes. if you have one on a NuBus card/adapter, it should be found and
used.
> And would there be any advantage over the
> emulation?
yes, performance! emulating FP instructions is slow as hell. the
hardware can run them a _lot_ faster ;-)
later.
colin