Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 16 Nov 1998 16:18:26 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Linux-asm (was A patch for linux 2.1.127) |
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Hi!
> > So 30% speed increase would amount to 8 months hardware lead in speed. > > I don't think that's worth it. I also don't think we ought to rewrite > > Okay, having to rewrite everything every 8 months is a waste of > effort and time. But, unless I'm overseeing something, shouldn't the > optimizations carry across hardware speed increases? The only moment when > you should have to add more assembly would be when supporting a new > architecture or chip..
No, 486 is so different from Pentium that you want to rewrite assembly in order to make it efficient.
Pavel
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