--- Lars Olsson <lo22@cogs.susx.ac.uk> wrote: > Dear all, > Is there any reason why you should not use doubles and floats in > the > kernel? I remember that someome said that you should not use > floating > point types but I can't remember where. I need to use floating > point > number since I'm implementing a neural network (executing in kernel > space because of performance reasons) and it is alot easier to > implement > this with floating point numbers. > I saw a great discussion on this issue before...try searching the archives. A quickie fix might be in Documentation/Docbook/Kernel-hacking.html Search for "Some Basic Rules"... Best Advice: resign yourself to writing floating point into the kernel...or doing without. Harmony, --Christine P.S. I've implemented a neural net. Very cool fun! Good luck Lars! __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
