On 02/17/2015 10:05 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On 17 Feb 2015 08:44, Jiri Gaisler wrote: >> * float.c (get_accex) access FPU control and status words on x64 > > shouldn't you gut this file and use instead for a portable method ? > http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/fenv.h.html > > at the very least, you could cut over to ... > -mike > I will switch to fenv.h, but this will produce less accurate results on Intel hardware. double on SPARC V8 has 53-bit mantissa while Intel has both 53- and 64-bit, and 64-bit is default. To get accurate SPARC V8 FPU operations, the Intel FPU should be switched to 53-bit, but the fenv.h does not have an API for this. I guess we will have to live with that ... Jiri.