Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [2.6.8.1/x86] The kernel is _always_ compiled with -msoft-float | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Tue, 14 Sep 2004 22:40:07 +0200 |
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On Tue, 2004-09-14 at 22:14, Denis Zaitsev wrote: > Why this kernel is always compiled with the FP emulation for x86? > This is the line from the beginning of arch/i386/Makefile: > > CFLAGS += -pipe -msoft-float > > And it's hardcoded, it does not depend on CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION. So, > is this just a typo or not?
this is on purpose; this way we get an error if someone uses floating point in the kernel.... which is BAD [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |