Re: Problems with xwindows and avanti
Sebastian Moeller <sebastian.moeller@lur.rwth-aachen.de> writes:
> Hello Jean-Paul
>
> On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Jean-Paul Blaquiere wrote:
>
> > I haven't applied any of these patches the other guys have mentioned either.
> > What do they do our of interest?
>
> If I was one of the other guys, than you refer to the traps.c issue.
> Here you see what i was talking about:
8< snip >8
> Well as you see EV4 does not have precise trapping. Without this patch
> applied any programm producing a trap will hang (while eating all
> processor time it can get). The patch is necessary to make floor() and
> ciel() work as they should (tested on jensen) with vanilla 2.2.16 to
> 2.2.18 sources. Chances are that debian kernel packages are already
> fixed. Unfortunately I have no experience with debian so far (stuck
> behind a modem line).
They're not :-)
I know, I've tried the latest Debian kernels on a multia, and ceil()
and floor() hang... I've been looking for this patch for a very long
time :-)
Do you mind me asking:
- Why is this not part of the standard kernel ? Does this break
anything else ?
- Why is this not part of Debian's kernel ?
- Where does this come from ? Is it in a CVS kernel archive somewhere ?
Phil.
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