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GETFPEMULATOR(2)  —  

NAME

getfpemulator  − return address of the floating-point emulator

SYNOPSIS

#include <syscall.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
(caddr_t) syscall (SYS_getfpemulator)

DESCRIPTION

Getfpemulator can be used to determine the address of the floating-point emulator in the kernel, and whether a Floating Point Accelerator (FPA) card is present.  The result is a function pointer to the floating-point emulator if no FPA is present; otherwise, a pointer to 0. 

SEE ALSO

“IBM/4.3 Linkage Convention” in Volume II, Supplementary Documents
 

PRPQs 5799-WZQ/5799-PFF: IBM/4.3  —  31 Mar 1986

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