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SubjectRe: How to use floating point in a module?
ndiamond@despammed.com wrote:
> Mans Rullgard replied to me:

> >What you should do is think again about why you need all this floating
> >point in the kernel.
>
> To control a device.

Note that there is nothing stopping you from doing fixed-point math in
the kernel. Depending on the application, this may be sufficient.

Chris
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