Re: int 16 & math error

Alan Cox (alan@cymru.net)
Thu, 19 Sep 1996 11:42:37 +0100 (BST)


> End result: Linux always uses exception 16 if it works on that hardware. But
> all x86 PC motherboards have irq13 (which maps to exception 45 in Linux) tied
> to the same signal, and on non-integrated FPU's that's what Linux has to use.
> So you can't use irq13 for anything else.

Except on SMP boxes.

Alan