Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754239AbWL3Lma (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Dec 2006 06:42:30 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754353AbWL3Lma (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Dec 2006 06:42:30 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:49446 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754239AbWL3Lm3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Dec 2006 06:42:29 -0500 Subject: Re: Want comments regarding patch From: Arjan van de Ven To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: Bodo Eggert <7eggert@gmx.de>, Daniel =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Marjam=E4ki?= , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: <7x8ul-7NU-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <7x8E5-80F-13@gated-at.bofh.it> <7xdkq-7tB-25@gated-at.bofh.it> <7xjSQ-1fR-13@gated-at.bofh.it> <7xn0j-6rY-7@gated-at.bofh.it> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Intel International BV Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 12:42:24 +0100 Message-Id: <1167478945.20929.442.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2.1 (2.8.2.1-2.fc6) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 821 Lines: 19 > Yeah I don't do assembler soo often that I would know everything from heart. > All your comments are valid of course. I just wanted to point out the idea. > (However, if it's not repz, then it's repnz! :-) it's better to use a gcc builtin than handcoding the asm yourself; better for performance at least.... (gcc will pick the best code for the cpu you picked, and yes this changes every generation or so) -- if you want to mail me at work (you don't), use arjan (at) linux.intel.com Test the interaction between Linux and your BIOS via http://www.linuxfirmwarekit.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/