Re: hf/sf [Was Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/misc/raspberrypi-userland]

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

matt%3am-software.com@localhost (Matt Thomas) writes:


>On Nov 11, 2013, at 10:08 PM, Michael van Elst <mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost> 
>wrote:

>> The "slowdown" is already enormous due to lack of floating point
>> hardware. That's why emulating the FP hardware is a very common
>> way to handle this situation, just look at the other platforms.

>The exception handling is much costlier than doing a softfloat call.

You missed the second paragraph.

>It?s also adding kernel bloat.

Indeed, a little bit of kernel bloat compared to a dozen userlands
and a dozen package repositories that require building and testing.