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From: "Joakim Tjernlund" <Joakim.Tjernlund@lumentis.se>
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Subject: lmw and stmw instructions not used copy functions 
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 22:56:32 +0100
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Hi

I noticed that the lmw and stmw instructions are not used in copy_page(), clear_page() etc.
Aren't these instructions faster than a bunch of lwz/stw?
I assume they are inappropriate for some reason, but I would like to know why.
Would they work on 8xx?

    Jocke

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