floating point fault causes system crash

[Mark Zenier]

In article <392 at n3dmc.UU.NET>, johnl at n3dmc.UU.NET (John Limpert) writes:
> 
> I've run into a problem with Microport System V/AT 2.3 on an AT clone
> (no 80287).  Floating point faults cause the system to crash.  For some
> reason it only seems to happen after the second fault.  Is this a bug in
> Microport's kernel and FP software?  ...

It's the first bug on the Microport bug list.  The C compiler produces
crap with floating point array or pointer expressions, and the floating
point emulator tries to use this.  Since the emulator is in the kernel,
the whole system dies.

I have the same problem.  Will getting a 80287 stop the system crash?

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