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user3693586
user3693586

Reputation: 1287

Floating point arithmetic in Kernel

In kernel space, I have to do matrix multiplication whose elements are floating values(say 0.8666 etc). Is it possible to do floating point arithmetic in Kernel space. I am using 3.12 Kernel on ARM based board.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1363

Answers (1)

Joshua
Joshua

Reputation: 43327

My understanding is the kernel is always linked with FPU emulation so that it does work, but it's almost always wiser to use scaled integers.

Upvotes: 1

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