--david
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To: davidm@azstarnet.com
Subject: Re: long double FP format
Reply-To: drepper@ipd.info.uni-karlsruhe.de (Ulrich Drepper)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 29 May 1996 17:02:41 -0700"
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Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 02:07:36 +0200
From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@myware.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>
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From: David Mosberger-Tang <davidm@AZStarNet.com>
Subject: Re: long double FP format
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 17:02:41 -0700
> Cool! Will it be the IEEE extended format? I hope so---the Alpha
> architecture manual requires support for this data type, but the
> current chips don't implement them in hardware. Consequently, 128-bit
> fp support is something that has been missing in Linux/Alpha all
> along.
I read this as: there is currently no long double format for alpha.
Well, this eases my job.
For 128bit floats: anyone who is interested in writing these function
(unless somebody gives me an alpha I don't count me into this group
:-) should contact
J.T. Conklin <jtc@netbsd.org>
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