>> Software mixing in the kernel is like FPU ops in the kernel... > > Could you please elaborate a tad bit more on the analogy? It doesn't appear to > be stunningly obvious. > It has never been done before in Linux, so there must be a reason to it. There was also a reason why khttpd was (going in and) going out. > Are you aware of the reasons why floating point operations are avoided inside > the kernel? > Because it is "unportable". You cannot expect to have every hardware Linux runs on today to have an FPU engine (hey, like that ol' i386 I got, needs CONFIG_MATH_EMU...), especially in the Embedded Devices sector. Jan Engelhardt -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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