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diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index fe08cb1539..44558ee4ed 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ please let me know. daylight saving time is in effect the timezone string is EST. 4.6. I've build make 3.77 against glibc 2.1 and now make gets segmentation faults. +4.7. Why do so many programs using math functions fail on my AlphaStation? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @@ -1705,6 +1706,15 @@ filesystem support :-( ). To get a working make you can use either make 3.75 or patch 3.77. A working patch is available via RedHat's Rawhide server (ftp://rawhide.redhat.com/SRPMS/SRPMS/make-3.77-*src.rpm). + +4.7. Why do so many programs using math functions fail on my AlphaStation? + +{AO} The functions floor() and floorf() use an instruction that is not +implemented in some old PALcodes of AlphaStations. This may cause +`Illegal Instruction' core dumps or endless loops in programs that +catch these signals. Updating the firmware to a 1999 release has +fixed the problem on an AlphaStation 200 4/166. + ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ @@ -1721,6 +1731,7 @@ Answers were given by: {GK} Geoffrey Keating, <geoffk@ozemail.com.au> {HJ} H.J. Lu, <hjl@gnu.org> {CG} Cristian Gafton, <gafton@redhat.com> +{AO} Alexandre Oliva, <oliva@lsd.ic.unicamp.br> Local Variables: mode:outline |