On Tue, 12 Sept 2023 at 12:41, David Laight <David.Laight@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> What I found seemed to imply that 'rep movsq' used the same internal
> logic as 'rep movsb' (pretty easy to do in hardware)
Christ.
I told you. It's pretty easy in hardware AS LONG AS IT'S ALIGNED.
And if it's unaligned, "rep movsq" is FUNDAMENTALLY HARDER.
Really.
Linus
