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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.

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Doug Rabson				Mail:  dfr@nlsystems.com
Nonlinear Systems Ltd.			Phone: +44 181 442 9037




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