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diff --git a/zlib/contrib/asm686/README.686 b/zlib/contrib/asm686/README.686 deleted file mode 100644 index a0bf3bea..00000000 --- a/zlib/contrib/asm686/README.686 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,51 +0,0 @@ -This is a patched version of zlib, modified to use -Pentium-Pro-optimized assembly code in the deflation algorithm. The -files changed/added by this patch are: - -README.686 -match.S - -The speedup that this patch provides varies, depending on whether the -compiler used to build the original version of zlib falls afoul of the -PPro's speed traps. My own tests show a speedup of around 10-20% at -the default compression level, and 20-30% using -9, against a version -compiled using gcc 2.7.2.3. Your mileage may vary. - -Note that this code has been tailored for the PPro/PII in particular, -and will not perform particuarly well on a Pentium. - -If you are using an assembler other than GNU as, you will have to -translate match.S to use your assembler's syntax. (Have fun.) - -Brian Raiter -breadbox@muppetlabs.com -April, 1998 - - -Added for zlib 1.1.3: - -The patches come from -http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/software/assembly.html - -To compile zlib with this asm file, copy match.S to the zlib directory -then do: - -CFLAGS="-O3 -DASMV" ./configure -make OBJA=match.o - - -Update: - -I've been ignoring these assembly routines for years, believing that -gcc's generated code had caught up with it sometime around gcc 2.95 -and the major rearchitecting of the Pentium 4. However, I recently -learned that, despite what I believed, this code still has some life -in it. On the Pentium 4 and AMD64 chips, it continues to run about 8% -faster than the code produced by gcc 4.1. - -In acknowledgement of its continuing usefulness, I've altered the -license to match that of the rest of zlib. Share and Enjoy! - -Brian Raiter -breadbox@muppetlabs.com -April, 2007 |