Re: Pentium emulation

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Fri, 25 Jul 1997 22:06:05 -0400 (EDT)

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Hmm.. Even better, is there any possibility of making linux support
FAT-Elfs? On my NeXT computer I can compile as a 'fat binary' and have the
same executible run on M68k, Intel, Sparc, and HP.. On the target
computers I can then strip the fat bin to just whats nessassary.. Or the
installer can do that... Anyone who maintains a multi platform enviroment
can tell you how helpful that is.. Wouldn't it be nice to have in linux..

On Wed, 23 Jul 1997, Hans-Joachim Baader wrote:

> Imagine the following situation:
>
> You have several PCs from 386 to Pentium (or Pentium II or whatever).
> You also have programs that should run on any of your PCs. This means
> you have to compile with the -m386 or -m486 option rather than
> optimizing for Pentium.
> Or you have a cool binary that has been compiled for Pentium but
> you want to try it on a 486...
>
> Couldn't the kernel provide emulation of the Pentium instructions
> for the 386/486, to solve this problem? I guess it could be done
> since it would be very similar to the FPU emulator.
>
> So the question is mainly: Would it make sense?
>
> hjb
>

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