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+This directory contains the version 0.92 test release of the NetWinder 
+Floating Point Emulator.
+
+The majority of the code was written by me, Scott Bambrough It is
+written in C, with a small number of routines in inline assembler
+where required.  It was written quickly, with a goal of implementing a
+working version of all the floating point instructions the compiler
+emits as the first target.  I have attempted to be as optimal as
+possible, but there remains much room for improvement.
+
+I have attempted to make the emulator as portable as possible.  One of
+the problems is with leading underscores on kernel symbols.  Elf
+kernels have no leading underscores, a.out compiled kernels do.  I
+have attempted to use the C_SYMBOL_NAME macro wherever this may be
+important.
+
+Another choice I made was in the file structure.  I have attempted to
+contain all operating system specfic code in one module (fpmodule.*).
+All the other files contain emulator specific code.  This should allow
+others to port the emulator to NetBSD for instance relatively easily.
+
+The floating point operations are based on SoftFloat Release 2, by
+John Hauser.  SoftFloat is a software implementation of floating-point
+that conforms to the IEC/IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-point
+Arithmetic.  As many as four formats are supported: single precision,
+double precision, extended double precision, and quadruple precision.
+All operations required by the standard are implemented, except for
+conversions to and from decimal.  We use only the single precision,
+double precision and extended double precision formats.  The port of
+SoftFloat to the ARM was done by Phil Blundell, based on an earlier
+port of SoftFloat version 1 by Neil Carson for NetBSD/arm32.
+
+The file README.FPE contains a description of what has been implemented
+so far in the emulator.  The file TODO contains a information on what 
+remains to be done, and other ideas for the emulator.
+
+Bug reports, comments, suggestions should be directed to me at
+<scottb@corelcomputer.com>.  General reports of "this program doesn't
+work correctly when your emulator is installed" are useful for
+determining that bugs still exist; but are virtually useless when
+attempting to isolate the problem.  Please report them, but don't
+expect quick action.  Bugs still exist.  The problem remains in isolating
+which instruction contains the bug.  Small programs illustrating a specific
+problem are a godsend.
+
+Legal Notices
+-------------
+
+The NetWinder Floating Point Emulator is free software.  Everything Corel
+has written is provided under the GNU GPL.  See the file COPYING for copying
+conditions.  Excluded from the above is the SoftFloat code.  John Hauser's 
+legal notice for SoftFloat is included below.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+SoftFloat Legal Notice
+
+SoftFloat was written by John R. Hauser.  This work was made possible in
+part by the International Computer Science Institute, located at Suite 600,
+1947 Center Street, Berkeley, California 94704.  Funding was partially
+provided by the National Science Foundation under grant MIP-9311980.  The
+original version of this code was written as part of a project to build
+a fixed-point vector processor in collaboration with the University of
+California at Berkeley, overseen by Profs. Nelson Morgan and John Wawrzynek.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS DISTRIBUTED AS IS, FOR FREE.  Although reasonable effort
+has been made to avoid it, THIS SOFTWARE MAY CONTAIN FAULTS THAT WILL AT
+TIMES RESULT IN INCORRECT BEHAVIOR.  USE OF THIS SOFTWARE IS RESTRICTED TO
+PERSONS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO CAN AND WILL TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY
+AND ALL LOSSES, COSTS, OR OTHER PROBLEMS ARISING FROM ITS USE.
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