Re: Porting float and double variable in linux kernel

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Ole Loots, 28.05.2009:
> I know that floating point is not supported in kernel mode, but i 
> believe that's mostly because of x86 and it's special instruction set 
> for floating point operations (Kernel developers didn't want to make use 
> of the math-co-processor in kernel..., somebody please correct me, if 
> I'm wrong).

AFAIR floating point is not allowed because of portability.

> So I would like to ask the question, why do you need float / double in 
> your kernel module?

He didn't say he needs float. I understood that he asked how to avoid
float while keeping the accuracy.

Markus


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