RE: why Does Kernel Module should not do Floating Point operation?

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On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 15:15 +0530, Manjunath_Naik wrote:
> Hi Arjan
> 
> Really I am not going to do any coding related to floating point
> operation in kernel.
> 
> But as I got little bit curiosity I am just trying understand more
> clearly.


ok a good start will be the volume 3 of the Intel architecture manual
(you can download that from the Intel website); it sort of explains the
FPU from an operating system point of view (well and many other things
of course ;)


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