Re: print_npx_status_word

["Baars, M.J." <mjbaars1977 dot gdb at gmail dot com>]

On 04/16/2011 07:09 PM, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> > Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:46:54 +0200
> > From: "Baars, M.J."<mjbaars1977.gdb@gmail.com>
> >
> > > > When you look at the code in question more closely, you will see that it
> > > > will present the content of the status word in more detail than the
> > > > original function,
> > > Which isn't necessarily a good thing.
> > I'll show you the difference in output after the 'info float' command.
> >
> > original output:
> >
> > Status Word:         0x0000
> >                          TOP: 0
> >
> > new and improved output:
> >
> > status word              : 0x0000
> >     exception flags        :
> >     stack fault            : 0
> >     error summary status   : 0
> >     busy                   : 0
> >     top of stack pointer   : 0
> >     condition code         :
> >
> > This will give you a much better overview of what is actually happing in
> > the numeric core, which is eventually what every programmer wants is
> > what I was always taught.
> But it will add a lot of extra lines to the output of "info float"
> such that it doesn't fit on a standard 24-line screen anymore.  The
I suppose you mean 50 lines? That should fit! Are we talking about the 
same standard screen?
> current way of printing things is much more concise.  And your way of
> printing things doesn't really add more information; it just uses more
> words.  Admittedly to interpret the printed codes you probably need to
> have the IA-32 Architecture Software Developer's manual at hand.  But
> to be honest, if you're looking at the FPU at this detailed level you
> probably already are reading that manual.
The exception flags and exception codes are indeed not explained in such 
detail on the screen as they are in the manual. I could implement an 
extra help function to that end later on if you like.

Regards,
Michael