Linux kernel and floating point.

Hi, Can i afford to have floating point calculation inside Alpha kernel. I found some information saying that floating point is not allowed. Right now the situation is if i compile the code with -mno-fp-regs i get lot of unresolved symbols where as removing this option from the CFLAGS makes

Re: Linux kernel and floating point.

Greetings Annesh, Linus does not allow floating point in the kernel. Please search the main kernel mailing list archives. A link can be found at http://kernel.org This is an old debate that has been discussed on the lkml (Linux Kernel Mailing List) many times. I do not believe that you will