Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752295AbZLaAIQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:08:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751918AbZLaAIQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:08:16 -0500 Received: from snt0-omc3-s33.snt0.hotmail.com ([65.55.90.172]:31106 "EHLO snt0-omc3-s33.snt0.hotmail.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751797AbZLaAIP convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:08:15 -0500 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [96.253.143.208] From: Yuhong Bao To: CC: Yuhong Bao , , Linus Torvalds Subject: RE: Happy birthday Linus! Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:08:15 -0800 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <4B3BBCDC.5010806@redhat.com> References: ,<4B3BBCDC.5010806@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 31 Dec 2009 00:08:15.0178 (UTC) FILETIME=[592A6AA0:01CA89AD] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 761 Lines: 15 > Or rather, Intel designed it in a non-standard way, different from the > way IBM implemented it later. Nope, see this for more info on the history: http://www.openwatcom.org/index.php/Math_error_handling_on_x87 By coincidence, this year is the 25th anniversary of the IBM PC/AT, and 25th anniversary of the 80486. Funny, huh? Yuhong Bao _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/-- 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/