On Sat, 2006-11-18 at 23:00 -0500, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: > On Nov 18, 2006, at 8:07 PM, Thomas Grill wrote: > > > > > Am 18.11.2006 um 22:16 schrieb Mathieu Bouchard: > > > >> On Sat, 18 Nov 2006, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: > >> > >>> I really doubt that the gcc devs put a lot of effort into > >>> something that has no effect. Perhaps not for Pd, that may be > >>> true. But they are talking about vectorizing loops, it may not > >>> be the best thing to vectorize, but there are definitely > >>> vectorizable loops in Pd. > >> > >> perhaps it would be a good start to reimplement newbytes(n) using > >> memalign(16,n) instead of malloc(n). > > > > A few years ago i introduced aligned memory allocation in the pd- > > devel branch. > > Have you tried submitting a patch? It would be at least useful in Pd- > extended. How big a difference did it make?
what makes you think, that just aligning memory regions introduces a performance boost? how can a compiler generate code for aligned memory, if the memory is aligned, but the compiler isn't aware of that? tim -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 96771783 http://www.mokabar.tk Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. John Perry Barlow
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