From: horst DOT kraemer AT t-online DOT de (Horst Kraemer)
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Subject: Re: fpu instructions
Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 08:56:30 GMT
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On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 21:41:21 +0200, yhirsch <yhirsch AT ibm DOT net> wrote:

>     I use __asm__ inside some functions, and inside it, I use fpu
> instructions. The
>     program doesn't work, unless I add finit at the begining of the
> __asm__ paragraph.
>     Is that really necessary?

On the contrary. It may be damaging if you use it without saving and
restoring the FPU's previous state (control word).

> Any ideas how to solve this?

How to solve what ?

Using assembly you may produce hundreds of errors. How do we know what
your error is ?

Regards
Horst