glibc 2.1.92 tst-getdate failure on linuxppc

[Geoff Keating]

> From: Franz Sirl <Franz.Sirl-kernel@lauterbach.com>
> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 13:24:04 +0200
> Cc: libc-alpha@sources.redhat.com

> Test: not testing FE_NOMASK_ENV, it isn't implemented.

> in test-fenv.out? Can I just copy the implementations from another platform? 
> Which files do I need to look at as examples?

It needs kernel support.  You have to change the kernel to allow user
control over the FP exception-enable bits of the MSR.  Then you change
the libc to switch these exceptions on (using the new interface) when
FE_NOMASK_ENV is used for the first time in the program.

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- Geoffrey Keating <geoffk@cygnus.com>