On 3/23/06, Perry Smith <pedz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mar 23, 2006, at 8:19 AM, Andrew Haley wrote: > > > > This is because of excess precision in the x87. > > > > This is http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=323. > > I don't use Intel so forgive my ignorance. Is the call to _FPU_SETCW > mentioned in comment 60 (http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi? > id=323#c60) going to affect how the x87 operates per process or for > the whole system? Thats obviously an OS specific question but > generally is that register saved in the process context? (It seems > like it would be.) Thanks for the responses everyone. The call to _FPU_SETCW mentioned above reducing x87 precision to 64-bit takes care of (or dodges) the specific issue I described in the original post. Thanks, Andrew
