I ran some tests to compare hash_64 using shifts and multiplies. The results:
POWER6: ~2x slower POWER7: ~2x faster POWER8: ~2x faster Now we have a proper config option, select CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER on POWER7 and POWER8. Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <an...@samba.org> --- Index: b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype =================================================================== --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype @@ -116,10 +116,12 @@ config POWER6_CPU config POWER7_CPU bool "POWER7" depends on PPC_BOOK3S_64 + select ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER config POWER8_CPU bool "POWER8" depends on PPC_BOOK3S_64 + select ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER config E5500_CPU bool "Freescale e5500" -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/