On Tue, 04 Jul 2017 14:47:16 -0700 Paul Rogers <paulgrog...@fastmail.fm> wrote:
> I do find it ironic the kernel has to do these strange math calculations > no other packge uses, except apparently gmp. Not the kernel code per say, but rather gcc while compiling a kernel. And gcc in turn calls on gmp to do those calculations (for gcc). Kernel code tends to dictate/control things at the lower levels (e.g., directly inserted assembly code, variables held in specific CPU registers, "volatile" memory regions, etc.) more than is typical in normal applications. Perhaps these kinds of special compile requirements things cause gcc to lean more heavily on gmp in certain areas thus triggering the problem. Cheers, Mike Shell -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
