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= Cortex-A String Routines =
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This package contains optimised string routines including memcpy(),
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memset(), strcpy(), strlen(), and strcmp() for the ARM Cortex-A series
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of processors. Variants are available for the Cortex-A8 and
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Cortex-A9, as well as variants that make use of the optional NEON
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These routines can be used either stand-alone or as a GLIBC add-on.
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To use them stand-alone, first configure and then install
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libcortexcpu.so. To make other applications use this library, either
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add -lcortexcpu to the link command or use LD_PRELOAD to load the
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library into existing applications.
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To use them as a GLIBC add-on, first configure and run `make add-on`
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to generate cortexcpu.tar. Extract this into the GLIBC source
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directory, enable the add-on using `--enable-add-ons=cortexcpu` and
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`--with-cpu=cortex-a8`, build GLIBC, and install.
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* src/ contains the routines themselves
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* tests/ contains the unit tests
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* reference/ contains reference copies of other ARM-focused
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implementations gathered from around the Internet
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* benchmarks/ contains various benchmarks, tools, and scripts used to
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check and report on the different implementations.
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The src directory contains different variants organised by the
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implementation they run on and optional features used. For example:
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* src/thumb-2 contains generic non-NEON routines for all processors
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* src/neon for contains NEON based routines for all processors
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* src/cortex-a8/neon for NEON-based routines especially optimised for the A8
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The routines are currently under the modified BSD and simplified BSD.
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== Notes and Limitations ==
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This is an early release that contains Cortex-A8 with NEON focused
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routines. Most of the implementations have been collected from other
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projects and have a variety of licenses and copyright holders. Future
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releases are intended to tidy this up.
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The GLIBC add-on generates a cortex-a8 add-on only.
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