Paul Burton
183b40f992
Allow the user to configure the kernel to omit support for floating point, by setting CONFIG_MIPS_FP_SUPPORT=n. In an attempt to avoid problems for users who don't understand the impact of this, only expose the option when CONFIG_EXPERT=y. When CONFIG_MIPS_FP_SUPPORT=n all support for FPU hardware, FPU emulation & FP context will be removed from the kernel. If a userland program attempts to execute a floating point instruction it will receive a SIGILL. Setting CONFIG_MIPS_FP_SUPPORT=n shaves around 112KB from a 64r6el_defconfig build using GCC 8.1.0. This also helps prepare us for supporting the nanoMIPS ISA, for which floating point support has not been finalized. Signed-off-by: Paul Burton <paul.burton@mips.com> Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/21014/ Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.