Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 10:08:54 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@auss2.alcatel.com.au> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Improving bcmp et al Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9903011007501.47102-100000@herring.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <99Mar1.082605est.40387@border.alcanet.com.au>
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On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Peter Jeremy wrote: > I notice that FreeBSD/Alpha still uses the standard (portable) bcmp() > implementation in libkern. Combined with gcc-2.7.2, this gives very > poor performance. > > I recently wrote a somewhat improved bcmp() that provides a substantial > speed-up: 3-5 times with gcc2.7.2, twice as fast again with DEC's cc. > Further details are in my post to -hackers on Thu Feb 25 10:35:36 1999 +1100 If you can provide a patch against libkern with the faster bcmp, I will test it and commit it. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Nonlinear Systems Ltd. Phone: +44 181 442 9037 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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