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authorBrian Paul <brian.paul@tungstengraphics.com>2005-08-29 14:45:30 +0000
committerBrian Paul <brian.paul@tungstengraphics.com>2005-08-29 14:45:30 +0000
commit3a165edc9ab875706fbe53d4e177dcea859f98e0 (patch)
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added note about IEEE vs VAX floating point (bug 4270)
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@@ -26,3 +26,7 @@ On Alpha platforms at default a sharable images for the libraries are created.
To get a static library make it by typing MMS/MACRO=(NOSHARE=1).
On VAX platforms only static libraries can be build.
+
+You may want to compile Mesa to use IEEE floating point arithmetic, instead
+of VAX floating point by specifying the /float=IEEE flag to the compiler.
+For more information see https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4270