Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: The Kommunity vs. Dick Johnson | From | Benny Amorsen <> | Date | 17 Nov 1998 17:11:22 +0100 |
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>>>>> "TYT" == Theodore Y Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> writes:
[data-dependent rotate example deleted]
TYT> .... but GCC doesn't know how to handle this sort of thing. TYT> (Which is why the /dev/random driver has an explicit inline TYT> __asm__ to take advantage of this very handy i386 instruction.)
Perhaps this optimization could be made by adding a pattern to the instruction combiner?
Benny
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