-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 05/07/2013 06:01 PM, David Daney wrote: > On 12/06/2012 09:05 PM, Steven J. Hill wrote: >> From: "Steven J. Hill" <sjhill@xxxxxxxx> >> >> Optimise 'strncpy' to use microMIPS instructions and/or optimisations for >> binary size reduction. When the microMIPS ISA is not being used, the >> library function compiles to the original binary code. > > This is an untrue statement. Why mislead us by saying the original binary > code is obtained? > I you are building a classic MIPS kernel, the instructions generated will be the same even with this patch. The changes only make a difference when building a pure microMIPS kernel. > You don't really explain how the change helps optimization either. > The exercise is left to the reader. Build a microMIPS kernel yourself and figure it out. - -Steve -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlGJxBcACgkQgyK5H2Ic36c4hQCeLGI8MI2rr6KgOv7G15lnBdok bbcAoKY+BvVyTCzG033Bc+pJ07xCtGMq =xJmM -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
