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src assembler sources for gcc/gas
d_asm1 sources converted for masm/tasm/wasm
d_asm2 sources converted for masm/tasm/wasm (in a `db' format)
d_asm3 sources converted for nasm (in a `db' format)
Notes:
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- The assembler sources are designed for a flat 32 bit memory model
running in protected mode - they should work with most i386
32-bit compilers.
- All functions expect a `cdecl' (C stack based) calling convention.
The function return value will be placed into `eax'.
All other registers are preserved.
- There are no prototypes for the assembler functions - copy them
from ltest/asm.h if you need some.
- For reasons of speed all fast assembler decompressors (having `_fast'
in their name) can access (write to) up to 3 bytes past the end of
the decompressed (output) block. Data past the end of the compressed
(input) block is never accessed (read from).
See also LZO.FAQ
- The assembler functions are not available in a Windows or OS/2 DLL because
I don't know how to generate the necessary DLL export information.
- You should prefer the sources in `d_asm2' over those in `d_asm1' - many
assemblers insert their own alignment instructions or perform some
other kinds of "optimizations".
- Finally you should test if the assembler versions are actually faster
than the C version on your machine - some compilers can do a very good
optimization job, and they also can optimize the code for a specific
processor type.