Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 5 Sep 2000 13:04:28 +0200 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: [patch] string-486.h modified |
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Petko Manolov wrote: > I don't see the point of string-486.c - string-486.h is a replacement > of string.h for i[45]86 machines so let stay in include directory.
The point is it may run faster due to better i-cache usage. Remember also that 486 machines don't have much memory, so the gain from reducing kernel size is more significant. (Less paging etc.)
You'd still want string-486.h to _call_ the larger routines in string-486.c, using FASTCALL or your choice of alternate registers.
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