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Date:      Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:19:42 +0100
From:      Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de>
To:        cvs-src@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libmd Makefile sha256.3 sha256.h sha256c.c shadriver.c src/sbin/md5 Makefile md5.c
Message-ID:  <20050310141942.GC1400@britannica.bec.de>
In-Reply-To: <3213.1110401840@critter.freebsd.dk>
References:  <422F5D94.4030702@freebsd.org> <3213.1110401840@critter.freebsd.dk>

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On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 09:57:20PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> Since all these functions are really just memcpy() overdosed on LSD,
> I can't see _any_ reason why the kernel and userland would need different
> versions, much less why different pieces of the kernel or userland
> would.

Well, userland versions could decide to use MMX or SSE or
<add-favourite-vector-extension>. That's more complicated in the
kernel.

Joerg



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