Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753773AbWLPU3M (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:29:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753778AbWLPU3M (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:29:12 -0500 Received: from tmailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.23]:43018 "EHLO tmailer.gwdg.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753773AbWLPU3L (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Dec 2006 15:29:11 -0500 Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 21:28:24 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Lee Revell cc: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Hans-J=FCrgen?= Koch , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 In-Reply-To: <1166300032.17059.4.camel@mindpipe> Message-ID: References: <20061213195226.GA6736@kroah.com> <200612140949.43270.duncan.sands@math.u-psud.fr> <200612141056.03538.hjk@linutronix.de> <1166300032.17059.4.camel@mindpipe> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 838 Lines: 26 On Dec 16 2006 15:13, Lee Revell wrote: >On Thu, 2006-12-14 at 18:02 +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote: >> >> They use floating point in (Windows) kernelspace? Oh my. > >Yes, definitely. Explains why Windows is so slow ;-) [FPU restore and stuff...] On that matter, when does the Linux kernel do proper FPU handling? At context switches? If so, would not that make a kthread fpu-capable? >For example lots of Windows sound drivers do AC3 decoding in kernelspace. >Of course the vendors usually lie and say it's done in hardware... They don't need to lie, the user buys it anyway... -`J' -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/