Hi sign is never used in that function. Later, Juan. Index: arch/mips/math-emu/sp_sqrt.c =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/linux/arch/mips/math-emu/sp_sqrt.c,v retrieving revision 1.4 diff -u -r1.4 sp_sqrt.c --- arch/mips/math-emu/sp_sqrt.c 4 Oct 2001 13:19:44 -0000 1.4 +++ arch/mips/math-emu/sp_sqrt.c 18 Dec 2002 00:49:18 -0000 @@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ ieee754sp ieee754sp_sqrt(ieee754sp x) { - int sign = (int) 0x80000000; int ix, s, q, m, t, i; unsigned int r; COMPXSP; -- In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they are different -- Larry McVoy