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- From: hlu@luke.eecs.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Kernel FP Math bug?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan10.065125.9007@serval.net.wsu.edu>
- Date: 10 Jan 93 06:51:25 GMT
- Article-I.D.: serval.1993Jan10.065125.9007
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- In article <1993Jan09.224846.12403@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu> jliddle@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Jean Liddle) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan9.144510.9590@walter.cray.com> rsocia@alberti.cray.com (Rick Socia) writes:
- >>I compiled the following program:
- >>
- >>main(int argc, char *argv)
- >>{
- >> double f;
- >>
- >> f = atof(argv[1]);
- >> printf("The answere is %f\n", f);
- >>}
- >>
- >>The core dumps. (passing an argument of "0.50").
- >>
- >
- >I am running gcc 2.3.3 with all the new libs (gcc 486 binaries) and the
- >new binutils, on an i486/33. I compiled the same program and also
- >experienced the "core dump" problem.
- >
- >Also, my kernel is compiled without math emulation, if that helps in
- >narrowing down the possibilities ...
- >
-
- Does that belong to comp.lang.c? Please check
-
- 1. argv
- 2. atof ().
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- H.J.
-