From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269668AbUINUoO (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2004 16:44:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269793AbUINUmR (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2004 16:42:17 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:31389 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269668AbUINUkZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Sep 2004 16:40:25 -0400 Subject: Re: [2.6.8.1/x86] The kernel is _always_ compiled with -msoft-float From: Arjan van de Ven Reply-To: arjanv@redhat.com To: Denis Zaitsev Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20040915021418.A1621@natasha.ward.six> References: <20040915021418.A1621@natasha.ward.six> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-diQHIR5KxkBHTSecYg6s" Organization: Red Hat UK Message-Id: <1095194406.2698.33.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 22:40:07 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-diQHIR5KxkBHTSecYg6s Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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: >=20 > CFLAGS +=3D -pipe -msoft-float >=20 > 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 --=-diQHIR5KxkBHTSecYg6s Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBBR1cmxULwo51rQBIRApt6AKCTWwCCCpUkVrtuSKUjD4wd+m0qtwCeJKvb MOeMnLUdyI1UeKCrOANdUEY= =1ANy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-diQHIR5KxkBHTSecYg6s--