On 18 Apr 2002, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote:
>
> [Context: some time ago I asked about using libm functions such as
> exp, log, pow in a kernel module]
>
> Shlomi Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > 1. Rip the i386's log implementation from glibc and use it for i386
> > modules. It was very hard.
>
> Actually, it occured to me that if I needed an exponent I could
>
> ar x /usr/lib/libm.a e_exp.o
>
> and then
>
> ld -m elf_i386 -r -o mymath.o my_math.o e_exp.o
>
> where my_math.c containes initialization and cleanup - this seems to
> work just fine, and saves me quite a bit of assembly-level headache
> associated with ripping glibc code to pieces.
>
> Other libm functions may be added in a similar manner.
>
Interesting solution. I'll keep that in mind.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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> Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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