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how to enable fpu..????

Just use the assembler instruction finit.
Jules

Read the Big Book of Patterns, book 3 chapter 8 verse 2, and do your homework next time.

Combuster wrote:Read the Big Book of Patterns, book 3 chapter 8 verse 2, and do your homework next time.

ZOMG RELIGIOUS CONNOTATIONZ! BLASPHEMY! INFIDEL! HERETIC! BURN!!!! !1111onone1!!111!!!eleventyoneoneone!!11111

Nice ninth post man.... what the hell?
The is only one book of revelations, so I don't know what your talking about with the book 3, but chapter 8 verse 2 says:
"And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets."
In the king James version, where as in the Good news bible translation you get:
"Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets. "
Which is not wildly different, since I don't see how this could be related to enabling the fpu, it's probably a joke, but I think it is in rather bad taste...
Well that's just my view anyway...
Jules

Sorry I miss read, you said the big book of patterns, the post by syntropy confused me sorry...
What you said, though given in a format that would be use to reference a quote from the bible would have no religious connotations sorry
Jules

The intel manuals are the OS developer's bible

Maybe I was a bit too crypic this time. Read: Intel 3A, ch 8.2

I just refused to use the term RTFM against someone, oh dammit did it again

Combuster wrote:The intel manuals are the OS developer's bible

exactly, I just realised what your reference was to (well about 5 minutes ago, but I'm rebuilding my PC and I wanted to finish of wiring up all the SATA drives before going back to my laptop....)
And your right they are I bible....
And I shoudln't have given him the answer so easily, it would of taken him 10 seconds to find it himself and he didn't even thank me...
Sorry...
Jules

Sorry, after reading the little thread about the "Porting Newlib" and "DMA" entries on the wiki, and reading the responses I needed a good laugh.

syntropy wrote:Sorry, after reading the little thread about the "Porting Newlib" and "DMA" entries on the wiki, and reading the responses I needed a good laugh.

Yah, there was something sometime ago, somebody protested about the 'biblical references' in them, which I think where limited to something like: 'in the beginning was...', which I think is a strong over reaction...
Jules

@suthers:
No problem. IMO you were nice enough to even bother to answer his question directly. It's more the OPs fault that he breaks forum etiquette repeatedly (this being an exceptionally bad case).

@syntropy:

Sorry, after reading the little thread about the "Porting Newlib" and "DMA" entries on the wiki, and reading the responses I needed a good laugh.

your bad sense of spelling suggested as much

@asdfgh:
You should really bother with looking for your own answers. This one is *literally* in the book and you are therefore contributing to the bad atmosphere that hangs around this place.
Now, repeat after me:

suthers wrote:

syntropy wrote:Sorry, after reading the little thread about the "Porting Newlib" and "DMA" entries on the wiki, and reading the responses I needed a good laugh.

Yah, there was something sometime ago, somebody protested about the 'biblical references' in them, which I think where limited to something like: 'in the beginning was...', which I think is a strong over reaction...
Jules

Personally, (I'm not a follower of (organized) religion, and I'm not making this into a debate) I found that quite funny and entertaining, simply because it was so ... unorthodox. I also got a kick out of the

In the beginning there was a PC, but the PC was slow. IBM looked down from the heavens and said "Slap on a DMA controller - that should speed it up."

. Anyone who has spent time around the old machines I figure would have as well.

Combuster wrote:Now, repeat after me:

This could take a LOOONG time...
Jules