From fnaumann@mail.cs.uni-magdeburg.de Tue Jul 20 15:38:08 2004 Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 15:21:39 +0200 From: mikro To: mint@fishpool.com Subject: Re: [MiNT] fpu40/60 instructions Message-ID: <20040720132139.GA20137@hysteria.sk> References: <20040720101447.GA22900@hysteria.sk> <1090324893.40fd099d5c22e@imp5-q.free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1090324893.40fd099d5c22e@imp5-q.free.fr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on onyx.hysteria.sk X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new-20030616-p7 (Debian) at fishpool.fi Delivered-To: mint@fishpool.com Delivered-To: mint@lists.fishpool.fi X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Errors-to: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi X-original-sender: mikro@hysteria.sk Precedence: bulk List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-ID: X-List-ID: Hello, > fsgldiv and fsglmul are less accurate (and faster, I think) than fsdiv and > fsmul, since they truncate datas to single precision _before_ computing > results. > thanks! > This difference is described in the m68k Programmer's reference manual from > Motorola. This book (and the user's manuals for each member of the m68k family) > is available in PDF format here : > http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/library/documentationlist.jsp?rootNodeId=01&nodeId=018rH3YTLC4622&Device=All&DocTypeKey=10Ksfwlk&Results=25 > > Some books are still available as hardcopy. Not this one, unfortunatly. > aha, i have to read more carefuly ;-) I have all that books in paper form, directly from Motorola Deutschland and for free! I love that company ;-) -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MiKRO Atari XE/XL/Mega STE/Falcon060 http://mikro.atari.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------