memset.S and PowerPC

"David Müller (ELSOFT AG)" d.mueller@elsoft.ch
Fri Jun 14 01:59:00 GMT 2002


Hello

AFAICS the memset.S in sysdeps/powerpc is broken for PowerPC 
implementations with cache line sizes other than 8 words.
My current work-around is to delete this specific memset.S file. Is 
there a smarter way of doing it?

I've heard that there are some ideas of using a variable (exported by 
the OS kernel) to give glibc a chance to adapt itself to the cache line 
size of the hardware. What's the status of this idea/project? Anybody 
using it already?


TIA

Dave



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