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

[Kumar Gala]

On Dec 3, 2009, at 8:17 AM, Gao Ya'nan wrote:

> 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.

8541 is e500v1 and doesn't support dual precision.

- k