cvs commit: src/lib/libmd Makefile sha256.3 sha256.h sha256c.c shadriver.c src/sbin/md5 Makefile md5.c

Joerg Sonnenberger joerg at britannica.bec.de
Thu Mar 10 06:21:26 PST 2005


On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 09:57:20PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> Since all these functions are really just memcpy() overdosed on LSD,
> I can't see _any_ reason why the kernel and userland would need different
> versions, much less why different pieces of the kernel or userland
> would.

Well, userland versions could decide to use MMX or SSE or
<add-favourite-vector-extension>. That's more complicated in the
kernel.

Joerg


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