On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Matt Dillon wrote:
> You can't safely do FP instructions in the kernel. I do not
> believe the FP context is saved/restored between processes in kernel
> mode, only from user mode. The kernel saves and restores the fp state
> in the few places it uses FP instructions (for memory copying).
> In anycase, I think there'd be a problem here.
The last time I tried using FP in a device driver, it caused kernel
panics (I hate it when that happens...)
-Richard
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