RFC: Rewrite x86-64 IFUNC selector in C

[Erich Elsen]

Ok, I'll get started then.

Are there any general comments about the attached conversion for
memcpy?  Just so I don't repeat the same wrong thing many times.

Thanks,
Erich

On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 5:04 AM, Adhemerval Zanella
<adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org> wrote:
> On 25/05/2017 02:50, Siddhesh Poyarekar wrote:
>> On Thursday 25 May 2017 03:19 AM, H.J. Lu wrote:
>>> Most of time, C is easier to maintain than assembly code.  I think
>>> it is a good idea in general.  What do other people think?
>>
>> +1, C > assembly wherever possible.  Use assembly only if the compiler
>> is incapable of producing the output you want (and if that actually
>> matters) and then reevaluate every few releases.
>>
>> Siddhesh
>>
>
>> +1 as well, now we have the required infrastructure and other ports
>> are already using C implementation I see no reason to keep x86 using
>> assembly ones.
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