Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 14 Oct 1998 14:45:45 +0000 (/etc/localtime) | | From | Rik van Riel <> | | Subject | Re: get_mmu_context() |
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On Tue, 13 Oct 1998 ralf@uni-koblenz.de wrote:
> Ok, here is a draft version of an agressively optimized version of > get_mmu_context(). I just didn't like the idea of referencing > global variables in get_mmu_context() if avoidable. The code below > will work on both R3000 and R4000 with no performance penalty for > being generic. The trick is to patch the operands of two machine > instructions at runtime, shoot me.
ROFL! No offense to the code, I'm sure it works, but this just _has_ to be the funniest piece of source code to appear on the lists this month...
Self-modifying code -- this is so much fun :)
> extern inline void r3000_asid_setup(void) > > extern inline void r4xx0_asid_setup(void)
Very nice Ralf... My compliments on this piece of code -- I can only imagine the amount of phantasy and inspiration that was needed to create it...
tschuess,
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