title: Using software floating point on x86 linux
body: <p>Is it (easily) possible to use software floating point on i386 linux without incurring the expense of trapping into the kernel on each call? I've tried -msoft-float, but it seems the normal (ubuntu) C libraries don't have a FP library included:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ gcc -m32 -msoft-float -lm -o test test.c
  /tmp/cc8RXn8F.o: In function `main':
  test.c:(.text+0x39): undefined reference to `__muldf3'
  collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
  </code></pre>