arm: Use optimized memcpy and memset from linux
Using optimized versions of memset and memcpy from linux brings a quite
noticeable speed (x2 or better) improvement for these two functions.
Here are some numbers for test done with jadecpu
| HEAD(1)| HEAD(1)| HEAD(2)| HEAD(2)|
| | +patch | | +patch |
---------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
Reset to prompt | 438ms | 330ms | 228ms | 120ms |
| | | | |
TFTP a 3MB img | 4782ms | 3428ms | 3245ms | 2820ms |
| | | | |
FATLOAD USB a 3MB img* | 8515ms | 8510ms | ------ | ------ |
| | | | |
BOOTM LZO img in RAM | 3473ms | 3168ms | 592ms | 592ms |
where CRC is | 615ms | 615ms | 54ms | 54ms |
uncompress | 2460ms | 2462ms | 450ms | 451ms |
final boot_elf | 376ms | 68ms | 65ms | 65ms |
| | | | |
BOOTM LZO img in FLASH | 3207ms | 2902ms | 1050ms | 1050ms |
where CRC is | 600ms | 600ms | 135ms | 135ms |
uncompress | 2209ms | 2211ms | 828ms | 828ms |
| | | | |
Copy 1.4MB from NOR to RAM | 134ms | 72ms | 120ms | 70ms |
(1) No dcache
(2) dcache enabled in board_init
*Does not work when dcache is on
Size impact:
C version:
text data bss dec hex filename
202862 18912 266456 488230 77326 u-boot
ASM version:
text data bss dec hex filename
203798 18912 266288 488998 77626 u-boot
222712 u-boot.bin
Signed-off-by: Matthias Weisser <weisserm@arcor.de>
diff --git a/README b/README
index cdbb9de..85cbb8e 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -2944,6 +2944,12 @@
that is executed before the actual U-Boot. E.g. when
compiling a NAND SPL.
+- CONFIG_USE_ARCH_MEMCPY
+ CONFIG_USE_ARCH_MEMSET
+ If these options are used a optimized version of memcpy/memset will
+ be used if available. These functions may be faster under some
+ conditions but may increase the binary size.
+
Building the Software:
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