Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753556AbZL3U1s (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:27:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753544AbZL3U1q (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:27:46 -0500 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]:51201 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753543AbZL3U1p (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:27:45 -0500 Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:27:42 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds X-X-Sender: torvalds@localhost.localdomain To: Yuhong Bao cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Happy birthday Linus! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LFD 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 670 Lines: 18 On Mon, 28 Dec 2009, Yuhong Bao wrote: > > BTW, I wonder, did you get a 387-compatible coprocessor later? Yes, I did. In fact, I bought one purely for Linux development, so that I could test the code to do i387 error handling (which is non-trivial, because an IBM PC/AT hooks up the i387 in a non-standard way - not the way Intel designed it directly to the CPU, but instead through the interrupt controller) Linus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/