On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 1:20 AM, Fons Adriaensen <fons@linuxaudio.org> wrote:
On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 05:06:17PM -0400, Paul Davis wrote:

> 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,

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.