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[Thomas Gleixner]

On Wednesday 08 January 2003 09:14, David Woodhouse wrote:
> tglx at linutronix.de said:
> >  The  functions are not that different, but it's better to have a
> > little duplicated  code instead of if (buswitdh == x) then else....
> > crap.
>
> Bear in mind that if/then/else crap can be hidden inside #defines fairly
> effectively, and optimises away perfectly in the case where you compile for
> only one buswidth -- unlike out-of-line function calls.
>
> What Nico did with cfi_read() et al is worth considering.
I have the option already built in to compile for one buswidth only, but if 
you want to compile it for 8/16/32 3 different functions give you more code, 
but also more speed and more flexibility for code maintainence

-- 
Thomas
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