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Hi,
i face math issues with debian jessie with e5500 P5020 64bit too if the math emulation is not enabled i dont thave the desktop running only the console. This issue is not present on ubuntu mate/lubuntu/Xubuntu Thanks Luigi > From: lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca > Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2016 21:47:05 -0400 > To: s0407h@outlook.com > CC: glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de; christian@iwakd.de; debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Bug#819069: dietlibc: FTBFS on powerpcspe due to missing FPU emulation in library > > On Tue, Apr 05, 2016 at 11:07:00PM +0000, kaleb white wrote: > > I don't know that. OK, so why not buy an iBook G3? It's a 740 (like my Clamshell) and Debian would work. > > Because the e500 core is a current embedded processor being used by some > people who would like to run debian on those systems. > > It can not run powerpc code, and powerpc can't run powerpcspe code in many > cases (the fpu design is not compatible, but non fpu stuff generally is). > > powerpcspe is 32bit power, but with 64bit registers and special signal > processing instructions that powerpc doesn't have. > > -- > Len Sorensen > |