On Thu, 2016-04-28 at 19:43 +0800, [email protected] wrote: > From: Zhaoxiu Zeng <[email protected]> > > Because some architectures (alpha, armv6, etc.) don't provide > hardware division, the mod operation is slow! Binary GCD algorithm > uses simple arithmetic operations, it replaces division with > arithmetic shifts, comparisons, and subtractions. > > I have compiled successfully with x86_64_defconfig and > i386_defconfig.
What's the reason for wanting to optimize this and thus have to maintain (and test) two separate code paths, which is a significant expense? As far as I can see, gcd() is mosly used in finding optimal clocks for operations, which is usually done at start of day and not time critical. James -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-m68k" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
