[Patch] Replace MIPS strcmp.c with assembly language version.

[Jeff Johnston]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Ellcey" <sellcey@mips.com>
> To: "Jeff Johnston" <jjohnstn@redhat.com>
> Cc: newlib@sourceware.org, c@mips.com
> Sent: Wednesday, October 8, 2014 5:54:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [Patch] Replace MIPS strcmp.c with assembly language version.
> 
> On Wed, 2014-10-08 at 17:36 -0400, Jeff Johnston wrote:
> > I noticed that the glibc version has an LGPL license.  Where did you get
> > this version
> > from with the BSD-style license?
> > 
> > I also assume this is noticeably better
> > than the much smaller NetBSD version of MIPS strcmp.S I found on the net:
> > 
> > http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/common/lib/libc/arch/mips/string/strcmp.S?rev=1.2&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&only_with_tag=MAIN
> > 
> > -- Jeff J.
> 
> I wrote this version of strcmp for glibc and newlib from scratch.  Well,
> I did reuse some of my own setup code from memcpy, which is already
> checked in to glibc and newlib.
> 
> I submitted it to glibc with the LGPL license and to newlib with the
> BSD-style license as that is the type of license each project wants, or
> at least that was what was requested when I did the new memcpy for MIPS.
> 

Yes, that is correct.

> Since it was written by me and owned by Imagination, my employer, I
> assume there is no problem with me releasing it under multiple licenses
> to the different projects.  The copyright assignment from Imagination is
> on file with the FSF for both glibc and newlib.

Thanks for clarifying.  Yes, since you wrote the code, that's perfectly ok.
I'm fine with committing the change.

> 
> Steve Ellcey
> 
>