2 Aug
2012
2 Aug
'12
4:53 a.m.
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 1:20 AM, Fons Adriaensen <fons(a)linuxaudio.org> wrote:
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 05:06:17PM -0400, Paul Davis
wrote:
Any pointers to why floating point in the kernel is such a no-no?
I could understand it when floating point happened in co-processors.
it is NOT a reasonable attempt. its an effort by
someone who doesn't
really
understand much about audio, and from some of the
available video
evidence,
doesn't understand a lot about linux either,
to reinvent what doesn't
need
reinventing and to avoid doing the actual hard
work that would genuinely
improve things.
Yep, it looks like a big waste of time and effort.
There *is* a grain of truth in the argument pro fixed point,