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Re: [PATCH] Optimize MIPS memcpy
On Mon, 15 Oct 2012, Steve Ellcey wrote:
> > Also it would be nice to use ifunc's like they are used on x86_64 (and
> > I think PPC also) so we can compile one generic version of glibc and
> > get the optimized version of memcpy. Though ifunc's have their own
> > issue as they don't currently work on MIPS (they cause internal linker
> > errors).
>
> I'll have to look at that, I am not familiar with the ifunc's except in
> very general terms.
IFUNC support would first require defining the associated psABI pieces
(for all three ABIs), before implementing in ld and glibc.
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