Added note about IRIX.

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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index e9262f8ab..6a79ffdb1 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Known problems.
 See file BUGS for known bugs in MPFR. Some patches may be available on the
 MPFR web page <http://www.mpfr.org/> or <http://www.loria.fr/projets/mpfr/>.
 
-Linux on Alpha is known to have problems with IEEE conformance. See
+* Linux on Alpha is known to have problems with IEEE conformance. See
 <http://www.linux.org.uk/VERSION/relnotes.2211.html>. Also with OSF and
 gcc 2.8.1, we had problems with the square root functions:
 
@@ -77,6 +77,26 @@ gcc 2.8.1, we had problems with the square root functions:
 
 (in both cases the mpfr result is the correct one).
 
+* Some tests may fail under IRIX:
+
+   Testing tabs
+   Mismatch on d = 2.53345566708801000000e-309
+   dd=inf
+   0.11101001001011110001110110000010101001101110101010000[00000000000]E-1025
+   ### tabs failed ###
+
+   Testing tset_d
+   Mismatch on : 1.5131389614080547e-309 != inf
+   0.10001011010001011010110011000110010000000101010100000[00000000000]E-1025
+   ### tset_d failed ###
+
+   Testing tget_d
+   Wrong result for 2^(-1024), got inf instead of 0.00000000000000000000e+00
+   ### tget_d failed ###
+
+We do not know yet if this comes from a bug in the test programs or in
+the tset_d/tget_d functions.
+
 In case of problem.
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