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Re: PATCH: Optimize memcmp for ia32
- From: tom_gall at mac dot com
- To: "H. J. Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
- Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 12:58:43 -0600
- Subject: Re: PATCH: Optimize memcmp for ia32
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On Monday, February 9, 2004, at 12:37 PM, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
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H. J. Lu wrote:
I don't think anyone will be happy to run the current glibc on
anything
less than Pentium Pro.
That's unfortunately not true,
I agree completely. Consider embedded linux systems with modest ia 32
processors.
These kinds of systems while aren't as "sexy" as what most people stare
at on their desktops
day in and day out, they are important in their own right and I would
urge that they not be
forgotten.
Regards,
Tom
Tom Gall
gentoo-ppc64 -- God started with stage 1, shouldn't you?
tgall aatt uberh4x0r.org
tom_gall aatt mac.com
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