Subject: Re: [RFC] div64_64 support II

From: Andi Kleen <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 15:04:12 +0100

> The problem with these algorithms that tradoff one or more
> multiplies in order to avoid a divide is that they don't
> give anything and often lose when both multiplies and
> divides are emulated in software.

Actually on rereading this: is there really any Linux port
that emulates multiplies in software? I thought that was only
done on really small microcontrollers or smart cards; but anything
32bit+ that runs Linux should have hardware multiply, shouldn't it?

-Andi