can i replace a .S file with .c file.

[SaNtosh kuLkarni]

Hi Anuz,

say if i want to replace checksum with a checksum.c considering say if i
get a better performance , what needs to be done,

Thanks


On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 7:09 PM, Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar <
chambilkethakur at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 12:34 PM, SaNtosh kuLkarni <
> santosh.yesoptus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi is it possible that the assembly code .S file in linux kernel be
>> replaced by a .C file.
>>
>> This seems like a very general question. Which file do you want to
> replace and why?
> You should understand that any *.S file contains arch specific code, which
> is written in assembly for optimization/efficiency reasons. Replacing it
> with an equivalent C code may undermine those goals.
>
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>> *Regards,
>> Santosh*
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> Anuz
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