On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 10:22 PM, Mans Rullgard <[email protected]> wrote:
> The A32 bitstream reader variant is only used on ARMv5 and for
> Prores due to the larger bit cache this decoder requires.
>
> In benchmarks on ARMv5 (Marvell Sheeva) with gcc 4.6, the only
> statistically significant difference between ALT and A32 is
> a 4% advantage for ALT in FLAC decoding.  There is thus no (longer)
> any reason to keep the A32 reader from this point of view.
>
> This patch adds an option to the ALT reader increasing the bit
> cache to 32 bits as required by the Prores decoder.  Benchmarking
> shows no significant change in speed on Intel i7.  Again, the
> A32 reader fails to justify its existence.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mans Rullgard <[email protected]>

Cool! I've often wondered what was the point of it.

-- 
Felipe Contreras
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