Re: [PATCH] x86: do not expose CONFIG_BSWAP to userspace

[H. Peter Anvin]

Harvey Harrison wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 15:27 -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > Harvey Harrison wrote:
> > > Well, that's unfortunate, how about we just export the BSWAP version
> > > unconditionally and hope pure i386 just goes away someday?
> > Well, we already have MOVBE coming up, too...
>
> Is someone already working on an __arch_swab{16|32|64}p to use them?

Not that I know of, but it's trivial enough.  They can also be used for 
all-register swapping, too, with the advantage that you get register 
decoupling.

	-hpa
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