OpenRakis / OpenRakis/Spice86

Emu: FPU Support

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compatibility CPU enhancement feature request low priority
Dominant language
C#
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Forks
48
Avg merge
8h 33m
Merged PRs (30d)
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Description

Needs to be tested with Intel's MCPDIAG.EXE tests, along with unit test.

DOSBox-X as an example:
https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/pull/3415

Contributor guide

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing the linked DOSBox-X pull request and locating Spice86's existing unit-test setup. Run Intel's MCPDIAG.EXE tests alongside the unit tests to determine the current FPU coverage. Done means FPU support passes both the MCPDIAG tests and the added unit tests.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
csharp
Domain
operating-systems, reverse-engineering
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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