Is sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64/e_remainder.c broken?

H . J . Lu hjl@lucon.org
Thu Nov 22 06:02:00 GMT 2001


On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 08:03:04PM -0800, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> Stephen L Moshier <moshier@mediaone.net> writes:
> 
> > Yes, it is broken on i386.
> 
> The "fix" is simple: don't use the code on x86.  The code was written
> using accurate rounding based on the precision and not the extra-long
> internal format.  Uglifying and slowing down of generally used code
> for a platform which isn't even using the code is not acceptable.

Ok, the IBM code doesn't work on x86. Do we have "make check" results
on none x86 platforms?


H.J.



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