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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.16-rc5-mm2] i386 memcpy: optimal memcpy for IO
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 22:06:39 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <447FC75F.6090905@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200606012130_MC3-1-C15B-2A16@compuserve.com>

Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
> 
> Optimal memcpy for moves to/from IO space.  Does as few moves as
> possible while keeping transfers optimally aligned.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
> 

Why wrap this in C code when it's just assembly anyway?  It just makes 
it look ugly...

	-hpa

  reply	other threads:[~2006-06-02  5:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-06-02  1:28 [patch 2.6.16-rc5-mm2] i386 memcpy: optimal memcpy for IO Chuck Ebbert
2006-06-02  5:06 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
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2006-06-02  5:57 Chuck Ebbert

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