From: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
To: Horst von Brand <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How to use floating point in a module?
Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 22:38:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <40BB97C6.9020109@colorfullife.com> (raw)
Horst von Brand wrote:
>Trascendental functions are _not_ computed by series in practice, rational
>approximations (polinomial / polinomial) are used instead. Or interpolate
>in a smallish table.
>
Is that really faster on modern cpus? The multiplier is fully pipelined
and a division takes 25-40 cycles.
--
Manfred
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2004-05-31 20:38 Manfred Spraul [this message]
2004-05-31 21:11 ` How to use floating point in a module? Horst von Brand
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