[patch] MIPS/gcc: Revert removal of DImode shifts for 32-bit targets

[Ralf Baechle]

On Fri, Jul 23, 2004 at 01:27:03PM -0700, Richard Henderson wrote:

> > Sometimes putting these eight (or nine for ashrdi3) instructions
> > inline would be a performance win.
> 
> Sometimes, maybe.  I suspect you'll find that in general it's
> nothing but bloat.

With a bit of hand waiving because haven't done benchmarks I guess Richard
might be right.  The subroutine calling overhead on modern processors is
rather low and smaller code means better cache hit rates ...

  Ralf