Re: [PATCH] sbc: powerpc altivec optimizations for 4 subbands encoding

Siarhei Siamashka
2009-03-23T07:20:10Z

On Monday 23 March 2009 08:51:53 Siamashka Siarhei (Nokia-D/Helsinki) wrote:
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> For it to be ready to be appied, the following still needs to be done in my
> opinion:
> 1. Add '/proc/self/auxv' based altivec instructions support detection at
> runtime, this should work for all linux systems.
> way the same binary will be usable on which are conservative about the
> debian

Sorry for this unfinished gibberish typing that slipped in.
Translating into a "human" language: most distributions like debian use the
lowest common denominator target cpu options for binary packages, runtime
altivec detection will make sbc altivec optimizations work fine there without
any extra hassle :)