Fix comment in i386/fpu_control.h

Andreas Jaeger aj@suse.de
Tue Apr 24 05:05:00 GMT 2001


Stephen L Moshier <moshier@mediaone.net> writes:

> > +#define _FPU_SINGLE   0x0	/* DO NOT USE */
> 
> There is nothing wrong with using the single precision setting
> on an 80387 or later fpu.
> 
> Single precision did not work on the original 8087 coprocessor
> for the 16-bit PCs.
> I guess that must have given it a bad reputation.

Do you suggest to remove this specific comment?  I just fixed some
whitespace issues on that line.

Andreas
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