[pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#537880: Bug#537880: probleme avec ntp pour powerpc

[Michel Dänzer]

On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 09:35 +0200, jerome perin wrote:
> In fact, I would like downloading the package NTP for PowerPC with the
> -msoft-float option of the cross compilation.
> Without this option, a kernel bug appears.
> Does this special package exist?

'Floating point used in kernel' indicates a kernel issue that would
affect even machines with an FPU. ntp may trigger it, but recompiling it
with floating point emulation is unlikely to change that. It needs to be
addressed in the kernel.


> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Kurt Roeckx [mailto:kurt at roeckx.be] 
> Envoyé : mardi 21 juillet 2009 22:08
> À : debian-powerpc at lists.debian.org; jerome perin; 537880 at bugs.debian.org
> Objet : Re: [pkg-ntp-maintainers] Bug#537880: probleme avec ntp pour powerpc
> 
> Can someone here take a look at this?  Is this a kernel bug?
> 
> 
> Kurt
> 
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 04:17:53PM +0200, jerome perin wrote:
> > Package: NTP
> > 
> > Version: powerpc
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Bonjour,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Je viens de télécharger vos package NTP sur ma carte PowerPC et l’erreur
> > suivante apparait lors de l’éxécution:
> > 
> > « float point used in kernel ».


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