From: Chris Friesen <cfriesen@nortelnetworks.com>
To: ndiamond@despammed.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to use floating point in a module?
Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 00:02:14 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <40BAAE46.3040701@nortelnetworks.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200405310250.i4V2ork05673@mailout.despammed.com>
ndiamond@despammed.com wrote:
> Mans Rullgard replied to me:
> >What you should do is think again about why you need all this floating
> >point in the kernel.
>
> To control a device.
Note that there is nothing stopping you from doing fixed-point math in
the kernel. Depending on the application, this may be sufficient.
Chris
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-05-31 4:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-05-31 2:50 How to use floating point in a module? ndiamond
2004-05-31 4:02 ` Chris Friesen [this message]
2004-05-31 5:44 ` Ian Kent
2004-05-31 6:13 ` Peter Williams
2004-05-31 13:39 ` Horst von Brand
2004-05-31 20:12 ` Michal Jaegermann
2004-05-31 20:23 ` Hugo Mills
2004-05-31 22:43 ` Peter Williams
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-06-02 5:52 ndiamond
2004-06-02 19:31 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2004-06-01 2:27 ndiamond
2004-06-01 0:38 ndiamond
2004-06-01 20:52 ` H. Peter Anvin
2004-05-31 20:38 Manfred Spraul
2004-05-31 21:11 ` Horst von Brand
2004-05-31 1:52 ndiamond
2004-05-31 2:18 ` Måns Rullgård
2004-05-30 22:39 ` Calvin Spealman
2004-05-31 4:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-05-31 3:57 ` Calvin Spealman
2004-05-31 3:59 ` Matt Mackall
2004-05-31 4:11 ` Stephen Smoogen
2004-05-31 14:55 ` Scott Robert Ladd
2004-06-01 2:11 ` Richard B. Johnson
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