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Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:47:25 -0700
From: David Daney <ddaney@avtrex.com>
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To: "Steven J. Hill" <sjhill@realitydiluted.com>
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Subject: Re: unresoved symbol _gp_disp
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Steven J. Hill wrote:
>> I have written a loadble module ( which gets complied
>> along with kernel) which does some floating point
>> operation.
>>  
> NO FLOATING POINT in the kernel PERIOD.

Unless you compile your code with -msoft-float *and* also have a version 
of libgcc compiled with -mlong-calls -mno-abicalls -G0.  If you do it 
that way, floating point works fine in the kernel (as long as you don't 
try to call sprintf with floating point parameters).


> Either use integer
> operations, or redo your software architecture and do the
> floating point in userspace.
> 
> -Steve
> 

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