Re: [PATCH] Modernize i386 string.h

[Andi Kleen]

> ISTR this patch being shot down in the past...

I don't remember that.

> 
> It seems suboptimal for people with ancient compilers, or for people on 
> embedded 486's, doesn't it?

It is unlikely to make much difference for them. Kernel str* handling
is not very time critical (except memset/memcpy, but they are handled
efficiently on all compilers) The patch is mainly to make the code
more maintainable.

-Andi

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/