jtg-s210:[223]% uname -a
SunOS jtg-s210 5.8 Generic_109291-02 sun4m sparc SUNW,SPARCstation-5
jtg-s210:[224]% psrinfo -v
Status of processor 0 as of: 05/31/00 12:40:10
  Processor has been on-line since 05/24/00 17:34:13.
  The sparc processor operates at 170 MHz,
        and has a sparc floating point processor.

To Reproduce:
=============
1. Extract fpl00506m1.ksh and fpl00506m2.ksh from the attached jar files:
   fpl00506m1.jar/fpl00506m2.jar.

2. Run fpl00506m1.ksh:

jtg-s210:[230]% fpl00506m1.ksh -client

java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-beta)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3-beta, mixed mode)

mayZero = true, fMinPow = -149, fxMinPow = -151
mayInf = false, fMaxPow = 127, fxMaxPow = 127
 flextMAX_VALUE = 0x47efffffe0000000
 i = 52; topField in plain method != MIN_VALUE; par=1.401298464324817E-45
rc=97

// However "-client -Xint" works fine. 
jtg-s210:[255]% fpl00506m1.ksh -client -Xint

java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-beta)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3-beta, interpreted mode)

mayZero = true, fMinPow = -149, fxMinPow = -151
mayInf = false, fMaxPow = 127, fxMaxPow = 127
 flextMAX_VALUE = 0x47efffffe0000000
rc=95

3. Run fpl00506m2.ksh:

jtg-s210:[259]% fpl00506m2.ksh -client

java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-beta)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3-beta, mixed mode)

mayZero = true, fMinPow = -149, fxMinPow = -151
mayInf = false, fMaxPow = 127, fxMaxPow = 127
 flextMAX_VALUE = 0x47efffffe0000000
 i = 52; topField in plain method != MIN_VALUE; par=1.401298464324817E-45
rc=97

// However "-client -Xint" works fine.
jtg-s210:[260]% fpl00506m2.ksh -client -Xint

java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-beta)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3-beta, interpreted mode)

mayZero = true, fMinPow = -149, fxMinPow = -151
mayInf = false, fMaxPow = 127, fxMaxPow = 127
 flextMAX_VALUE = 0x47efffffe0000000
rc=95

This problem is limited ONLY to sun4m, sun4u machines are in a good shape.

vincent.lee@eng 2000-05-31