Received: from SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po7.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA19609; Tue, 19 Dec 95 21:59:56 EST Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA25431; Tue, 19 Dec 95 21:59:57 EST Received: from freefall.FreeBSD.ORG by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA17959; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 22:00:00 -0500 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA23019 Tue, 19 Dec 1995 18:08:38 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA22990 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 18:08:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts7-line11.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.58]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA22985 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 18:08:19 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id SAA00497; Tue, 19 Dec 1995 18:08:33 -0800 Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 18:08:29 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: Eric Blood Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel compilation problem In-Reply-To: <199512191707.JAA15523@winky.reno.nv.us> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Tue, 19 Dec 1995, Eric Blood wrote: > In message <199512191210.OAA02466@hornet.netac.co.za>you write: > >> #device npx0 at isa? port "IO_NPX" irq 13 vector npxintr > I thought a software emulation could be dropped in its place in the > case of people on 386s without math coprocessors. No. This is the interface *to* the software emulation (or the hardware device if you happen to have one). It is non-optional. There is an option in GENERIC or LINT that lets you select the emulation type -- you need to make sure that is included in your configuration. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major