Andi Kleen wrote:
The problem with these algorithms that tradoff one or more
multiplies in order to avoid a divide is that they don't
give anything and often lose when both multiplies and
divides are emulated in software.
Actually on rereading this: is there really any Linux port
that emulates
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker)
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 18:43:14 +0100
> Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Actually on rereading this: is there really any Linux port
> > that emulates multiplies in software? I thought that was only
> > done on really small microcontro
Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Actually on rereading this: is there really any Linux port
> that emulates multiplies in software? I thought that was only
> done on really small microcontrollers or smart cards; but anything
> 32bit+ that runs Linux should have hardware multiply, shouldn't
> The problem with these algorithms that tradoff one or more
> multiplies in order to avoid a divide is that they don't
> give anything and often lose when both multiplies and
> divides are emulated in software.
Actually on rereading this: is there really any Linux port
that emulates multiplies in
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