[avr-gcc-list] Re: AVR byte swap optimization

[Rask Ingemann Lambertsen]

On Sun, Nov 19, 2006 at 02:46:44PM -0800, Eric Christopher wrote:

> >These two versions would rule on the i386 if GCC would be just a  
> >little bit smarter:
> 
> I prefer the single instruction bswap that we now generate for  
> __builtin_bswap[32,64] myself...

   But that's only available starting with the i486. We should still produce
good code for an i386. On the m68k, we also want something with three
rotates, say

        rol.w   $8, d0
        swap.l  d0
        rol.w   $8, d0

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Rask Ingemann Lambertsen