PATCH: Optimize memcmp for ia32

tom_gall@mac.com tom_gall@mac.com
Mon Feb 9 18:58:00 GMT 2004


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On Monday, February 9, 2004, at 12:37 PM, Ulrich Drepper wrote:

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> H. J. Lu wrote:
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>> I don't think anyone will be happy to run the current glibc on 
>> anything
>> less than Pentium Pro.
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> That's unfortunately not true,
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I agree completely. Consider embedded linux systems with modest ia 32 
processors.
These kinds of systems while aren't as "sexy" as what most people stare 
at on their desktops
day in and day out, they are important in their own right and I would 
urge that they not be
forgotten.

Regards,

Tom

Tom Gall
gentoo-ppc64 -- God started with stage 1, shouldn't you?
tgall aatt uberh4x0r.org
tom_gall aatt mac.com

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