Marko,
See my email with test program. I will recompile the kernel and get back to the list
Jim
---------- Original Message -----------
From: Marko Kreen <marko@l-t.ee>
To: Jim Buttafuoco <jim@contactbda.com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Sent: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 16:58:03 +0200
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] CSV arm check failure
> On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 09:07:14AM -0500, Jim Buttafuoco wrote:
> > I am using the stock Debian 2.4.27 kernel. Don't know how to
> > change the fp setup. Do you have any instructions for me?
>
> It can be changed by configuring and recompiling kernel.
>
> I checked the kernel-image-2.4.27-arm package from
> Debian/testing and indeed it uses FastFPE emulation.
>
> To be specific, the 'bast' and 'netwinder' targets do.
> The 'lart', 'riscpc' and 'riscstation' targets use NWFPE.
> I guess 'lart' and 'bast' are some devel boards and 'netwinder'
> is the main target.
>
> Looking at handhelds.org kernels they mostly use NWFPE
> although there are couple of configs with FastFPE.
>
> I have no clue on other Linux distros or *BSD's on ARM.
>
> It seems PostgreSQL may encounter both NWFPE and FastFPE
> on Linux/ARM. How to handle this I do not know.
>
> --
> marko
------- End of Original Message -------