linux-kernel - Re: FP in kernelspace

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Date:	30 Jul 2006 19:33:41 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: FP in kernelspace

Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> writes:
> 
> unfortunately this only works for MMX not for real fpu (due to exception
> handling uglies)

He can always disable all FPU exceptions in his code or make sure
there aren't any.

-Andi
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