[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH] mips: Bring over optimized memset() routine from Linux.

Wolfgang Denk wd at denx.de
Sun Jul 6 00:32:02 CEST 2008


In message <20080604194815.A02FD6E7BD at mcmullan-linux.hq.netapp.com> you wrote:
> This commit pulls over the memset() MIPS routine from Linux 2.6.26,
> which provides a 10x to 20x speedup over the generic byte-at-a-time
> routine. This is especially useful on platforms with manual ECC
> scrubbing, that require all of memory to be written at least once
> after a power cycle.
> ---
>  include/asm-mips/string.h |    2 +-
>  lib_mips/Makefile         |    2 +-
>  lib_mips/memset.S         |  174 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 176 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 lib_mips/memset.S

Shinya Kuribayashi asked some questions about your patch, which you
did not answer (as far as I can tell).

Do you intend to comment on the questions and/or submit a cleaned up
version of the patch?

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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