4.7 vs 5.2.1 SMP/UP bridging performance

[M. Warner Losh]

In message: <p0600202dbcc0e2264360@[10.0.1.2]>
            Brad Knowles <brad.knowles at skynet.be> writes:
: At 10:55 PM -0400 2004/05/06, Robert Watson wrote:
: 
: >  On occasion, I've had conversations with Peter Wemm about providing HAL
: >  modules with optimized versions of various common routines for specific
: >  hardware platforms.  However, that would require us to make a trade-off
: >  between the performance benefits of inlining and the performance benefits
: >  of a HAL module...
: 
: 	I'm confused.  Couldn't you just do this sort of stuff as 
: conditional macros, which would have both benefits?

That makes sharing biniares much harder...

Warner