[PATCH 3/5] [Powerpc] tune/optimize memmove/wordcopy. Add helper macro to call MERGE

[Will Schmidt]

On Mon, 2012-03-12 at 16:50 -0700, Richard Henderson wrote:
> On 03/12/12 14:38, Will Schmidt wrote:
> > [Powerpc] tune/optimize memmove/wordcopy. Add helper macro to call MERGE
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> > Add helper macros to handle calling the MERGE function with the proper
> > alignments.  This significantly shortens the code.
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> This one would be good to apply *before* the copy to power7.

Good point,..  :-)   I figured on updating the power6 with the merge
macros after this set went in, but doing it pre-copy cuts down on some
noise.  I'll give folks a bit longer to chime in on the other patches,
and will respin with this suggested change after a bit. 

Thanks, 
-Will


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