Received: from PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po7.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA01582; Wed, 20 Dec 95 05:45:12 EST Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA00253; Wed, 20 Dec 95 05:45:13 EST Received: from freefall.FreeBSD.ORG by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA20281; Wed, 20 Dec 1995 05:45:16 -0500 Received: from localhost (daemon@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA08352 Wed, 20 Dec 1995 01:11:02 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id BAA08321 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 20 Dec 1995 01:10:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from wormhole (root@wormhole.map.com [204.71.19.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA08312 for ; Wed, 20 Dec 1995 01:10:39 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: Date: Wed, 20 Dec 95 04:09:32 EST From: jay@map.com (Roland Jay Roberts) Reply-To: jay@map.com (Roland Jay Roberts) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: eblood@winky.reno.nv.us X-Mailer: Roland Roberts's PMMail v1.1 Subject: Re: Kernel compilation problem Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 19 Dec 1995 09:07:06 -0800 you 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. Whether or not you use software emulation, the above device must be present. It is the kernel's link to either a math coprocessor or the software emulation. The software emulation option (which is a page or two above the npx0 device line in my 2.0.5R kernel config file) is the only thing that can be considered optional. And I noticed that in a previous post, someone with a PENTIUM had commented out the above line. I suggest that a comment line be placed above the 'device npx0' line to the effect of "DO NOT DELETE OR COMMENT OUT THIS LINE" // ------------------------------------- | |\ _,,,---,,_ // Roland Jay Roberts - Team OS/2 - | ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ // Internet: jay@map.com | |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' // FidoNet: Roland Roberts @ 1:321/305.5 | '---''(_/--' `-'\_)