[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 3/3] postproc: Fix unprotected inline asm

[Michael Niedermayer]

On Sat, Sep 08, 2012 at 08:07:36AM -0400, Derek Buitenhuis wrote:
> On 07/09/2012 8:13 PM, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > also there doesnt exist cases where some but not the other inline
> > asm is supported in libpp. What exist are 2 use cases
> > 1. compile with all optimizations and select the best at runtime
> > 2. compile exactly the best optimization only for each case. That
> >    is optimize for one specific CPU without unused functions.
> 
> Why bother even supporting second possibility? It could simplify things.

speeds up compile, reduces filesize, might (well probably will) help
gcc create faster code
and its supported since a long time and has its users
If you compile only for your own CPU why build code 4 times ?

actually, i think the opposit, that is allowing ffmpeg to compile
just the pieces of code that would be used on a specific CPU would be
quite interresting instead of droping this feature from libpp
of course this only would happen if theres someone who has the
will and time to think about how to implement it and does implement
it ...

But skiping compilation of unused optimizations surely would have its
users in ffmpeg too, dont you think so ?
I mean developers surely wont mind speeding compile up ...

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