[PATCH][ARM/AArch64][2/2] Crypto intrinsics tuning for Cortex-A53 - pipeline description

[Marcus Shawcroft]

On 28 March 2014 14:52, Ramana Radhakrishnan <ramana.gcc@googlemail.com> wrote:

> To my mind on ARM / AArch64 this actually helps anyone using the
> crypto intrinsics on A53 hardware today and it would be good to get
> this into 4.9. Again I perceive this as low risk on ARM (AArch32) as
> this is not a  default tuning option for any large software vendors,
> the folks using this are typically the ones that write the more
> specialized crypto intrinsics rather than just general purpose code.
> However this will help with scheduling on what is essentially an
> in-order core, so would be nice to have.
>
> This would definitely need approval from the AArch64 maintainers and
> the RMs to go in at this stage.
>
> If not, we should consider this for 4.9.1
>
> regards
> Ramana
>
>>
>> What do people think?

Its low risk, I think it should go in now.

/Marcus