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diff --git a/doc/TestFloat-history.html b/doc/TestFloat-history.html index fc2ec30..34aeeda 100644 --- a/doc/TestFloat-history.html +++ b/doc/TestFloat-history.html @@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ <BODY> -<H1>History of Berkeley TestFloat, to Release 3a</H1> +<H1>History of Berkeley TestFloat, to Release 3b</H1> <P> John R. Hauser<BR> -2015 October 23<BR> +2016 July 22<BR> </P> @@ -23,6 +23,44 @@ corresponding release of SoftFloat. </P> +<H3>Release 3b (2016 July)</H3> + +<UL> + +<LI> +Added the ability to test the common <NOBR>16-bit</NOBR> +“half-precision” floating-point format. + +<LI> +Added a <CODE>-seed</CODE> option to programs <CODE>testfloat_gen</CODE>, +<CODE>testfloat</CODE>, and <CODE>testsoftfloat</CODE> for setting the seed for +the pseudo-random number generator used to generate test cases. + +<LI> +Where a specific choice is needed for how tininess is detected on underflow, +changed the default to be the detection of tininess after rounding +(<CODE>-tininessafter</CODE>) instead of before rounding +(<CODE>-tininessbefore</CODE>). + +<LI> +Modified the format of reported discrepancies to show the signs of +floating-point values using <CODE>+</CODE> and <CODE>-</CODE> characters. + +<LI> +Documented the use of the <CODE>INLINE</CODE> macro, and fixed the sources for +the case that function inlining is not supported by the C compiler. + +<LI> +Documented the possible need to define macro <CODE>THREAD_LOCAL</CODE> to match +how the SoftFloat library was built. + +<LI> +Modified the provided Makefiles to allow some options to be overridden from the +<CODE>make</CODE> command. + +</UL> + + <H3>Release 3a (2015 October)</H3> <UL> |