Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 14 Apr 2002 21:03:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 14 Apr 2002 21:03:57 -0400 Received: from ns.suse.de ([213.95.15.193]:7688 "HELO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sun, 14 Apr 2002 21:03:57 -0400 Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 03:03:55 +0200 From: Dave Jones To: Denis Zaitsev Cc: Keith Owens , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@transmeta.com Subject: Re: FIXED_486_STRING ? Message-ID: <20020415030355.D20383@suse.de> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Denis Zaitsev , Keith Owens , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@transmeta.com In-Reply-To: <20020413224743.A13355@natasha.zzz.zzz> <32667.1018744038@ocs3.intra.ocs.com.au> <20020414024406.A16692@suse.de> <20020415063825.A2691@natasha.zzz.zzz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 06:38:26AM +0600, Denis Zaitsev wrote: > Yes, the special code for Pentium is important for it, as that code is > faster and shorter. The last signature in string-486.h is of > 2000/05/09, so, if this is true, the problems have not been fixed. > So, what is the real situation? I would like to fix the code, and it > seems that I'm not alone :) Petko Manolov did some work on them circa 2.4.0test. His patch is at http://www.dce.bg/~petkan/linux/string-486.diff Aparently there are still 1-2 problems with these routines which is why he hasn't pushed for inclusion I guess. -- | Dave Jones. http://www.codemonkey.org.uk | SuSE Labs - 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/