Re: How can I link the kernel with libgcc ?

[Bart Hartgers <bart@etpmod.phys.tue.nl>]

Denis Vlasenko wrote:
> On Friday 10 March 2006 05:47, Carlos Munoz wrote:
>> Lee Revell wrote:
> 
> What? You are using log10 only twice!
> 
>         if (!(siu_obj_status & ST_OPEN)) {
> 		...
>                 /* = log2(over) */
>                 ydef[22] = (u_int32_t)(log10((double)(over & 0x0000003f)) /
>                                        log10(2));
> 		...
>         }
>         else {
> 		...
>                 if (coef) {
>                         ydef[16] = 0x03045000 | (over << 26) | (tap - 4);
>                         ydef[17] = (tap * 2 + 1);
>                         /* = log2(over) */
>                         ydef[22] = (u_int32_t)
>                                 (log10((double)(over & 0x0000003f)) / log10(2));
>                 }
> 
> Don't you think that log10((double)(over & 0x0000003f)) / log10(2)
> can have only 64 different values depending on the result of (over & 0x3f)?
> 
> Obtain them from precomputed uint32_t log10table[64].

And since you're actually trying to do log2 [log10(x)/log10(2) =
log2(x)] and casting the result to an integer, aren't you really looking
for the position of the highest 1 bit or something like that? That
doesn't need FP at all.

Groeten,
Bart

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