alt Hacker NewsThe Alpha CPUs didn’t implement the div instruction and Linus’ assembly version was faster than DEC’s in some cases.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux...
The Alpha CPUs didn’t implement the div instruction and Linus’ assembly version was faster than DEC’s in some cases.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux...
That's nice. (Not uncommon in early RISC, (e.g. PowerPC had some similar limitations for 64 bit ints), and various assembly fun ensued).