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On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:49:33 +1100
Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:

> 
> On Sun, 2008-01-06 at 12:44 -0800, Dan Malek wrote:
> > While it's convenient, I still don't think kernel float
> > emulation should be a solution.  The tools should
> > generate soft-float for the applications and libraries.
> 
> I agree, for deployement, it's definitely not a solution, though it's
> very convenient for us hackers :-)

Hacks have a way of becoming solutions... ;)

josh