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Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 01:57:22 -0400
From: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.16-rc5-mm2] i386 memcpy: optimal memcpy for IO
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On Thu, 01 Jun 2006 22:06:39 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> Why wrap this in C code when it's just assembly anyway?  It just makes 
> it look ugly...

Because I couldn't figure out how to do EXPORT_SYMBOL for assembler
code. :|

And the C compiler handles frame pointers and CONFIG_REGPARM
automatically, so that made the code simpler.

-- 
Chuck