Re: [LAU] klang

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From: Paul Davis <paul@...>
To: Rustom Mody <rustompmody@...>
Cc: <linux-audio-user@...>
Subject: Re: [LAU] klang
Date: Thursday, August 2, 2012 - 3:18 am

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On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Rustom Mody  wrote:


> Any pointers to why floating point in the kernel is such a no-no?


FPU register state is expensive to save+restore. no point in doing it all

the time when you hardly ever need to.


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On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Rustom =

Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:

Any pointers to why floating point in the kernel is such a no-no?I coul=

d understand it when floating point happened in co-processors.FPU register state is expensive to save+restore. no point in d=

oing it all the time when you hardly ever need to. 


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