From: Anton Blanchard Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 00:49:14 +0000 (+1000) Subject: powerpc: Use CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER X-Git-Tag: fixes-against-v3.18-rc2~117^2~78 X-Git-Url: http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=423216ed3273dae18c347ce52c5ecc193cfdd4e5;p=pandora-kernel.git powerpc: Use CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER 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 Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman --- Reading git-diff-tree failed