On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 04:53:42PM -0600, Saurabh Jain wrote: > If i compile the linux kernel without the -msoft-float option, will > the kernel start saving the state of the FPU upon preemption. I am > talking with reference to any 2.6 linux kernel. No. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/