Steven J. Hill wrote:
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>> 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).


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

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