> The results are that at least five drivers use f.p. in the kernel:
> char/{radio-aztech,radio-aimslab}, scsi/{ibmmca,wd7000}, and isdn/pcbit.
> Note that 4 of these manage to produce f.p. code without using
> explicit float/double variables or casts, so just grepping for those
> keywords won't catch these types of mistakes.
Hmmm, another point of view:
"-msoft-float" does not find these types of typos:
static int eb64p_indices[] = {0,0,1.2};
^^^^
while intelligent egrepping does... (arch/alpha/setup.c)
(already reported, unfixed.)
So grepping can be safely used for casts too.
;-}
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