>
> > I'm not sure how you would handle FPU code if the module couldn't be loaded.
> > I guess you could alwas kill the process with a SIGILL or something, doesn't
> > seem like a very nice solution.
>
> BTW: my mom always said "Don't use floating-point code in kernel." ;-}
>
> Compile drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c after defining "SCSI_DATARATE" and
> "SCSI_SETUP_LATENCY".
>
> This generates floating-point code in kernel, on intel something like:
>
> fldl .LC25
> fmulp %st,%st(1)
> fldl .LC26
> fdivr %st,%st(1)
>
Yes, generated by ../linux/drivers/scsi/ibmmca.c. Guess this one slipped
by. The state of the FP unit is undefined when the kernel executes.
Further, a FP fault can create a double fault when the FP fault occurs
within the kernel.
This needs to be fixed.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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