linux-kernel - Re: Specific support for Intel Atom architecture

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Date:	Thu, 14 May 2009 16:01:38 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...il.com>
Cc:	Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@...il.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Tobias Doerffel <tobias.doerffel@...il.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Specific support for Intel Atom architecture

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 06:38:48AM -0700, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:04 PM, Harvey Harrison
> <harvey.harrison@...il.com> wrote:
> > It's called be16_to_cpup, or on x86, swab16p()
> 
> Indeed.  If now somebody with an Atom could test whether using movbe
> has an advantage (my guess is that there is a slight advantage) then

How would you test that?

-Andi

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