From:	fredex AT fcshome DOT stoneham DOT ma DOT us
Message-Id:	<199607301632.MAA03104@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>
Subject:	Re: linux+dosemu with djgpp
To:	orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph (Orlando Andico)
Date:	Tue, 30 Jul 1996 12:32:25 -0400 (EDT)
Cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To:	<Pine.SGI.3.93.960730134738.8268A-100000@gibson.eee.upd.edu.ph> from "Orlando Andico" at Jul 30, 96 01:48:54 pm

Thinking furiously, Orlando Andico wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 29 Jul 1996 fredex AT fcshome DOT stoneham DOT ma DOT us wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> > 	387=N
> > 	EMU387=c:\djgpp\bin\emu387.dxe
>         ^^^^^^
> 
> Maybe this is it? does the machine have a coprocessor or not? I read
> somewhere that the Linux developers consider FPU emulation to be a lost
> cause, a dangerous land filled with demons, dragons, and bugs..
> 

It's a 386dx/40 without a coprocessor (I know, they're cheap these
days, but I'd rather save the few bucks and put it toward a better
mommy board than spend it on the old heap).

I'd expect that Linux's FP emulator would handle the lack of a co-processor
even for DJGPP programs, but in fact neither gcc nor programs compiled
with it will run without that in the environment. WITH it, everything but
make works. I dunno what's happening.

Fred
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