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Date:      Wed, 26 Mar 2003 22:58:21 -0600 (CST)
From:      Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
To:        Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>
Cc:        cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:    Re: Checksum/copy (was: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/netinet ip_output.c)
Message-ID:  <20030326225530.G2075@odysseus.silby.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0303260956250.27748-100000@root.org>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0303260956250.27748-100000@root.org>

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On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Nate Lawson wrote:

> I don't want to hijack the thread too much, but has thought gone into a
> combined checksum and copy function?  The first mention I can remember of
> this is in RFC 817 p. 19-20.
>
> -Nate

Heh, I don't think anyone has.  What actually would make sense is for
someone who feels like doing ASM timing to look at our bcopy routines /
etc.  On my Mobile Celeron, a for (i = 0; i < max; i++) array[i]=0 runs
faster than bzero.  :(

(For one limited case I was testing.)

Mike "Silby" Silbersack



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