[Please keep debian-glibc in Cc: as I am not subscribed to debian-alpha] Hi alpha users!
As requested a long time ago in the BTS (bug #229251), I have built an EV67 optimized version of the glibc. It uses EV67 specific instructions, but also optimized assembly code for the following functions: ffs, memchr, memcpy, memset, sqrt, strcat, strchr, strcpy, strlen, strncat, strncpy and strrchr. As I don't own an alpha machine I am asking here for some tests. I am looking for people having a machine with an EV67 compatible CPU, but *also* people having a machine with an *older* CPU. - For people having an EV67 compatible CPU, please install libc6.1-alphaev67 and verify it is used. You can see that using ldd, for example: 'ldd /bin/ls'. It should uses libraries from /lib/ev67/ Some benchmarking would be really nice to decide if this package is really useful or not. - For people having an *older* CPU, I would like you to test that those libraries are not used, because I am not really sure about the hwcap code. It could be a bit risky, so it may be a good idea to do that in a chroot. Basically, install libc6.1-alphaev67. If your system still work it's a good sign. Then use ldd to verify those libraries are not used. Note that in case of problem a rm -rf /lib/ev67 should make your system working again. The packages are available on http://people.debian.org/~aurel32/ev67 Good tests! Cheers, Aurelien -- .''`. Aurelien Jarno | GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 : :' : Debian developer | Electrical Engineer `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] `- people.debian.org/~aurel32 | www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]