On Wed, 2013-05-15 at 14:12 +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > On 15 May 2013 14:05, Jon Medhurst (Tixy) <t...@linaro.org> wrote: > > If the assembler version is always faster I would have thought that we > > should always have it enabled and not have it as a user visible option. > > Perhaps the fact that the assembler is specifically target at ARMv4 > > means that on ARMv7 CPUs the latest GCC's might generate better code by > > using newer features? > > > > No, the v4 signifies that it supports v4 and up, but in fact the code > is tuned for dual issue, i.e. Cortex and up. > As far as I know, there is no reason not to use the asm versions if > you need the algos in the first place.
I see that the ARM version is following the pattern of SPARC64 and X86 SSSE3 in how it is configured, so for fear of opening a can of worms, perhaps it's simpler if we just go with the linaro-base.conf patch which started this thread? :-) -- Tixy _______________________________________________ linaro-dev mailing list linaro-dev@lists.linaro.org http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-dev
