Re: [2.6 patch] schedule obsolete OSS drivers for removal

>> Software mixing in the kernel is like FPU ops in the kernel...
>
> Could you please elaborate a tad bit more on the analogy? It doesn't appear to
> be stunningly obvious.
>
It has never been done before in Linux, so there must be a reason to it.
There was also a reason why khttpd was (going in and) going out.

> Are you aware of the reasons why floating point operations are avoided inside
> the kernel?
>
Because it is "unportable". You cannot expect to have every hardware Linux
runs on today to have an FPU engine (hey, like that ol' i386 I got, needs
CONFIG_MATH_EMU...), especially in the Embedded Devices sector.



Jan Engelhardt
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