[ELDK] What does "DP" mean in 85xxDP?

Gao Ya'nan abutter.gao at gmail.com
Thu Dec 3 15:17:05 CET 2009


2009/12/3 Kumar Gala <galak at kernel.crashing.org>:
>
> On Dec 3, 2009, at 8:07 AM, Gao Ya'nan wrote:
>
>> 2009/12/3 Kumar Gala <galak at kernel.crashing.org>:
>>>
>>> On Dec 3, 2009, at 8:00 AM, Gao Ya'nan wrote:
>>>
>>>> I googled, but found nothing usefull. Does it mean "Dual Processor"?
>>>
>>> DP means dual precision.  Meaning support for the embedded double
>>> precision
>>> floating point instructions.
>>
>> Thanks for your answer, so I think I should check the processor's feature
>> first.
>
> Yep, what processor are you using?

MPC8541E, and I find nothing about dual precision on its manual.

>
> - k
>


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