powerpc: Use CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER
authorAnton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Tue, 16 Sep 2014 00:49:14 +0000 (10:49 +1000)
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Thu, 25 Sep 2014 13:14:49 +0000 (23:14 +1000)
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 <anton@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype

index 26703be24cf9da422d75129f5c4eb444207e4e60..35ae7ec392ec018bce8cc904fe30bacdbcb2089a 100644 (file)
@@ -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"