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fpsim(2)

FPSIM(1M)

NAME

fpsim − report or change the status of floating point simulation

SYNOPSIS

/etc/fpsim [ mode ]

DESCRIPTION

Fpsim without any arguments will report the current status of the kernel floating point simulator, it is either enabled, disabled, or not configured in.  If mode is specified it must be either onoroff, which will respectively enable or disable the simulator, provided that the simulator was configured into the current system.  The new state is then reported.  Only the super user is allowed to change the status of the simulator. 

SEE ALSO

fpsim(2)

RESTRICTIONS

This command is only temporary, It is intended only for use if the kernel floating point simulator should blow up. Once it has been more thoroughly tested and verified there will no longer be a need to be able to turn it off on a running system. 

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