From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752160AbWCJCGH (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Mar 2006 21:06:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752159AbWCJCGG (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Mar 2006 21:06:06 -0500 Received: from mustang.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.3]:3551 "HELO mustang.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1752106AbWCJCGF (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Mar 2006 21:06:05 -0500 Subject: Re: How can I link the kernel with libgcc ? From: Lee Revell To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu Cc: Carlos Munoz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200603100145.k2A1jMem005323@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> References: <4410D9F0.6010707@kenati.com> <200603100145.k2A1jMem005323@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 21:06:01 -0500 Message-Id: <1141956362.13319.105.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.5.92 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 20:45 -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 17:44:16 PST, Carlos Munoz said: > > I'm writing an audio driver and the hardware requires floating point > > arithmetic. When I build the kernel I get the following errors at link > > time: > > Tough break, that. You sure you can't figure a way to either push the > floating point out to userspace Audio drivers should never have to directly manipulate the samples - they just manage the DMA buffers and interrupts and wake up the process at the right time. Mixing, routing, volume control, DSP go in userspace. Lee