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Re: PATCH: Optimize memcmp for ia32

From: Jeff Bailey <jbailey at raspberryginger dot com>
To: "H. J. Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 10:34:22 -0800
Subject: Re: PATCH: Optimize memcmp for ia32
References: <20040205001126.GA24827@lucon.org> <m3u126njwm.fsf@gromit.moeb> <20040206060808.GA21771@lucon.org> <40249362.3070509@redhat.com> <20040209182730.GA15671@lucon.org>

On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 10:27:30AM -0800, H. J. Lu wrote:

> I don't think anyone will be happy to run the current glibc on anything
> less than Pentium Pro.

We were supprised to see just how many people still use Debian on their
i386's for routers and whatnot.  They're not power users, obviously, but
they exist.

Considering that we still get new install reports for m68k, I imagine
that there will be new Pentium/486 adopters for quite some time.

Tks,
Jeff Bailey

References:
- PATCH: Optimize memcmp for ia32
  - From: H. J. Lu
- Re: PATCH: Optimize memcmp for ia32
  - From: Andreas Jaeger
- Re: PATCH: Optimize memcmp for ia32
  - From: H. J. Lu
- Re: PATCH: Optimize memcmp for ia32
  - From: Ulrich Drepper
- Re: PATCH: Optimize memcmp for ia32
  - From: H. J. Lu

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