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SubjectRe: FP in kernelspace
Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>>> So 2 questions are:
>>> 1) howto FP in kernel
>>>
>> kernel_fpu_begin();
>> c = d * 3.14;
>> kernel_fpu_end();

Yup, I know about this possibility, but this is only x86 specific?!

> unfortunately this only works for MMX not for real fpu (due to exception
> handling uglies)

concludes it's not multiplatform at all... For that reasen I (maybe) want some
"protocol" for communication with US, where I can easily compute it.

Another way could be rtai (there is FP implemented IIRC), but it means having
out-of-kernel driver.

thanks,
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