Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 02:58:05 +0200 From: "K. Macy" <kmacy@freebsd.org> To: Steven Atreju <snatreju@googlemail.com> Cc: Luigi Rizzo <rizzo@iet.unipi.it>, current@freebsd.org, net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fast bcopy... Message-ID: <CAHM0Q_NNoMrtwcz-xoQ34oVmgJSyjeb_7O6qBHCe16eFeTot_w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20120502215249.GT633@sherwood.local> References: <20120502182557.GA93838@onelab2.iet.unipi.it> <20120502215249.GT633@sherwood.local>
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It's highly chipset and processor dependent what works best. Intel now has non-temporal loads and stores which work much better in some cases but provide little benefit in others. -Kip On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:52 PM, Steven Atreju <snatreju@googlemail.com> wr= ote: > Luigi Rizzo wrote: >> 2. apparently, bcopy is not the fastest way to copy memory. > > http://now.cs.berkeley.edu/Td/bcopy.html > > Best Regards. > > Steven. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" --=20 =A0 =A0=93The real damage is done by those millions who want to 'get by.' The ordinary men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don=92t want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those with no sides and no causes. Those who won=92t take measure of their own strength, for fear of antagonizing their own weakness. Those who don=92t like to make waves=97or enemies. =A0 =A0Those for whom freedom, honour, truth, and principles are only literature. Those who live small, love small, die small. It=92s the reductionist approach to life: if you keep it small, you=92ll keep it under control. If you don=92t make any noise, the bogeyman won=92t find you. =A0 =A0But it=92s all an illusion, because they die too, those people who roll up their spirits into tiny little balls so as to be safe. Safe?! >From what? Life is always on the edge of death; narrow streets lead to the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle burns itself out just like a flaming torch does. =A0 =A0I choose my own way to burn.=94 =A0 =A0Sophie Scholl
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