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Re: [PATCH] ARM: Add optimized ARMv7 strcmp implementation
- From: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha at arm dot com>
- Cc: Will Newton <will dot newton at linaro dot org>, "libc-alpha at sourceware dot org" <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 14:46:07 +0000
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] ARM: Add optimized ARMv7 strcmp implementation
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- References: <1398256338-24784-1-git-send-email-will dot newton at linaro dot org> <5357DA5A dot 50205 at arm dot com>
On Wed, 23 Apr 2014, Richard Earnshaw wrote:
> On 23/04/14 13:32, Will Newton wrote:
> > Add an optimized implementation of strcmp for ARMv7-A cores. This
> > implementation is significantly faster than the current generic C
> > implementation, particularly for strings of 16 bytes and longer.
> >
> > The code was written by ARM, who have agreed to assign the copyright
> > to the FSF for integration into glibc.
> >
>
> I confirm that ARM is happy to contribute this code to GLIBC under its
> FSF assignment agreement.
>
> Will, can you add "Contributed by ARM Ltd." to the banner part please?
glibc no longer uses "Contributed by" lines in source files. (They can go
in the NEWS file entries, which are appropriate for such contributions of
optimized functions.)
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Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com