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[ghostrider]

I'm new to using the FPU in assembly, the 'Stack Fault' bit in the Status Word is always set, and I'm not quite sure what this means. Has anyone else encountered this problem? My code is posted below. It will eventually take a 64-bit variable and turn it into a number that a human can understand.

CQWOne:
fld [CQWBuffer]
fld [CQW01] 
fcom;Compare ST(0) with ST(1)
fstsw ax
sahf;Store ah in flags.
jc CQWTwo
fsub [CQW01]
fst [CQWBuffer]
jmp CQWOne

CQWTwo:
hlt;Just here for testing purposes.



CQWBuffer dq 0FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFh

CQW01 dq 10000000000000000000d
CQW02 dq 1000000000000000000d
CQW03 dq 100000000000000000d
CQW04 dq 10000000000000000d
CQW05 dq 1000000000000000d
CQW06 dq 100000000000000d
CQW07 dq 10000000000000d
CQW08 dq 1000000000000d
CQW09 dq 100000000000d
CQW10 dq 10000000000d
CQW11 dq 1000000000d
CQW12 dq 100000000d
CQW13 dq 10000000d
CQW14 dq 1000000d
CQW15 dq 100000d
CQW16 dq 10000d
CQW17 dq 1000d
CQW18 db 100d
CQW19 db 10d
CQW20 db 1d

[osknockout]

Hmm... don't you hate it when you get replies only months away from your problem?
I don't know if you're still looking for an answer, but here's one: (finally)

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The SF field (bit6) or Stack Fault exception is set whenever an attempt is made to either load a value into a register which is not free (the C1 bit would also get set to 1) or pop a value from a register which is free (and the C1 bit would get reset to 0). (Such stack fault is also treated as an invalid operation and the I field flag bit0 would thus also be set by this exception; see below.)

So basically either a) you tried to write over a register you loaded b)you forgot to clear the FPU registers.

a)doesn't really seem like it. I might have to go over it a few times, but it seems like clean code.
b)hmm... have you tried FFREEing your registers first? Because they're usually loaded before
you run your code. FFREE x - clears fpu register x.