From 7baa3d795c87c11550f1686488c968320428cbf9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: marha Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 15:53:45 +0200 Subject: Switch to zlib 1.2.7 --- zlib/contrib/asm686/README.686 | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) (limited to 'zlib/contrib/asm686/README.686') diff --git a/zlib/contrib/asm686/README.686 b/zlib/contrib/asm686/README.686 index a593f23af..a0bf3bea4 100644 --- a/zlib/contrib/asm686/README.686 +++ b/zlib/contrib/asm686/README.686 @@ -32,3 +32,20 @@ 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 -- cgit v1.2.3