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From: Jun Sun <jsun@mvista.com>
To: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl>
Cc: "Kevin D. Kissell" <kevink@mips.com>, linux-mips@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: config option vs. run-time detection (the debate continues ...)
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 11:59:18 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3A844C16.DD53E7E0@mvista.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.GSO.3.96.1010209123643.4645B-100000@delta.ds2.pg.gda.pl

"Maciej W. Rozycki" wrote:
> 
>  But the code that needs to know whether there is a real FPU present is
> indeed minimal (as it should be) thus the gain from removing the detection
> altogether in favour to a config option is at least questionable if not
> insane.
> 

Do you like run-time detection better because it allows a kernel to run on
CPUs both with a FPU and without a FPU?  Or there is something else to it?

Another question.  I know with mips32 and mips64 we can do run-time detection
reliably.  What about other existing processors?

Jun

  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-02-09 20:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-02-08 20:27 config option vs. run-time detection (the debate continues ...) Jun Sun
2001-02-08 22:06 ` Kevin D. Kissell
2001-02-08 22:06   ` Kevin D. Kissell
2001-02-08 22:58   ` Jun Sun
2001-02-09  0:25     ` Kevin D. Kissell
2001-02-09  0:25       ` Kevin D. Kissell
2001-02-09 11:48       ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2001-02-09 12:56         ` Kevin D. Kissell
2001-02-09 12:56           ` Kevin D. Kissell
2001-02-09 13:06           ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2001-02-09 19:59         ` Jun Sun [this message]
2001-02-09 20:39           ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2001-02-09 21:31             ` Jun Sun
2001-02-10  9:01               ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2001-02-12 18:21                 ` Jun Sun
2001-02-13 18:31                   ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2001-02-09 22:12             ` Kevin D. Kissell
2001-02-09 22:12               ` Kevin D. Kissell
2001-02-10  9:05               ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2001-02-09 19:58     ` Florian Lohoff

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