From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <lkcl@lkcl.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 08:19:13 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: add to FPU update
X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=35e06aa7a9dbb951dbd117d052372e91e5bab367;p=crowdsupply.git

add to FPU update
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diff --git a/updates/014_2019feb12_floating_point.mdwn b/updates/014_2019feb12_floating_point.mdwn
index 21c7b6c..36f7d71 100644
--- a/updates/014_2019feb12_floating_point.mdwn
+++ b/updates/014_2019feb12_floating_point.mdwn
@@ -86,5 +86,12 @@ not the other.
 There is a lot to be done, here, mostly not in actual "work", but simply
 in *understanding* how to go about doing IEEE754 arithmetic.  Rounding,
 overflow, tininess, packing, normalisation, let alone optimisation: it's
-a really big job.  We'll just have to see how it goes.
+a really big job: we'll just have to see how it goes, and in the
+meantime, read up on resources such as this
+[excellent guide](https://steve.hollasch.net/cgindex/coding/ieeefloat.html)
+by Steve Hollasch.
+
+This is basically a background update, explaining the rationale and
+direction that's been chosen.  Future updates on the FPU will be much
+more technical.