Re: Memory Rusting Effect [re: Linux hostile to poverty]

Chris Wedgwood (chris@cybernet.co.nz)
Wed, 22 Jul 1998 00:42:16 +1200


On Tue, Jul 21, 1998 at 02:32:08PM +0200, Stefan Traby wrote:

> Compile drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c after defining "SCSI_DATARATE" and
> "SCSI_SETUP_LATENCY".
>
> This generates floating-point code in kernel, on intel something like:
>
> fldl .LC25
> fmulp %st,%st(1)
> fldl .LC26
> fdivr %st,%st(1)

Hmm... its probably not the only place.

It might be a good idea if somebody has the time to hack the makefile so all
.c targets are moved through .s targets where its possible to grep for
nasties like the above.

-cw

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