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Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2006 22:06:39 -0700
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
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Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.16-rc5-mm2] i386 memcpy: optimal memcpy for IO
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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