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diff --git a/README.x86-64 b/README.x86-64 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bb4450c --- /dev/null +++ b/README.x86-64 @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +This library has been modified to compile natively on x86-64. + +An attempt has been made to adapt the assembly code, but due to unsolved issues with +the fact that shared libraries on x86-64 have to be compiled with PIC, this approach is +not finished. + +This code therefore only uses the portable C implementation, which is certainly slower than +the assembly SSE2 that could ideally be used. + +It could be said that we trade performance against the possibility to compile on x86-64. + +feb, 2012 +Matthias P. Braendli, HB9EGM |