Article: Q66578
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 6.00
Operating System(s): OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 9-NOV-1990
Question:
I have a multithreaded application that I developed on a system with
an 80x87 coprocessor. Everything is working properly; however, when I
try to run the code on a machine that doesn't have a coprocessor, it
always fails with a General Protection fault. I have tried all
variations of the run-time library (LLIBCMT.LIB and CDLLOBJS.LIB) to
no avail. Is there a problem with using the multithreaded run-time
libraries on a machine without a coprocessor?
Response:
There is no problem with using the multithreaded run-time libraries on
a machine without a coprocessor.
The problem is probably caused by not using _beginthread() to start
the threads that perform the floating point calculations. If you use
DosCreateThread() to start the thread, there is required
initialization code that is not performed in the run-time for that
thread; this is mandatory because 80x87 emulation is performed in the
run-time in cases where there is no coprocessor.