On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 05:27:33PM -0400, Sean Anderson wrote:

> Since ARMv5, the clz instruction allows for efficient implementation of
> ffs/fls with builtins. Until ARMv7 (with Thumb-2), this instruction is
> only available in ARM mode. LTO makes it difficult to force specific
> functions to be in ARM mode, as it is effectively a form of very
> aggressive inlining. To work around this, fls/ffs are implemented in
> assembly for ARMv5 and ARMv6 when compiling U-Boot in Thumb mode.
> Overall, this saves around 75 bytes per call.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Anderson <sean.ander...@seco.com>

I'll add some wording about when this was synced from the kernel when
applying.

Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com>

-- 
Tom

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