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- From: drizzit@eskimo.com (G. Baldwin)
- Subject: Re: What is an EMT Trap ?
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- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 13:50:35 GMT
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- Fred Fish (fnf@fishpond.ninemoons.com) wrote:
- : In article <9602132256.AA001yx@iceberg.demon.co.uk>,
- : John Shardlow <john@iceberg.demon.co.uk> wrote:
- : >Hi Amiga Programmers,
- : >
- : >I recently compiled a program using gcc but when I run
- : >it I just get a message saying:
- : >
- : >EMT Trap
- : >
- : >and the program exits. It doesn't even reach the first
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- : The only thing I have seen similar to this description is that the
- : "enquire" program built as part of a gcc build will abort because of
- : an EMT trap if I use the plain 68000 version of the ixemul.library on
- : my A4000/040. If I use the 68040+fpu version, everything is fine.
- : There obviously is still at least one serious bug in the
- : ixemul.library when it comes to floating point support.
-
- : -Fred
-
- Yes, it does have something to do with the FPU. I tried loading up
- NetBSD (whcih uses the ixemul.library) and I got an EMT trap on my
- A3000. Turned out that I had a jumper set in the wrong mode and my
- FPU had been shut off.
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