Re: Use of floating point in the kernel

[H. Peter Anvin]

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> We really should, but there really are some rare cases where it is 
> actually ok.
>
> In particular, you _can_ do math, if you just do the proper
> "kernel_fpu_begin()"/"kernel_fpu_end()" around it, and you have reason to 
> believe that you can assume a math processor exists. 
>
> Is it needed? I dunno. I'd frown on it in general, but I don't see it 
> being fundamentally wrong under the rigth circumstances.

Sure; however, perhaps those can be marked separately in the Makefile.

	-hpa

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