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--- OpenXM_contrib/gmp/mpn/sparc32/Attic/README	2000/01/10 15:35:25	1.1
+++ OpenXM_contrib/gmp/mpn/sparc32/Attic/README	2003/08/25 16:06:26	1.1.1.2
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+Copyright 1996, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of the GNU MP Library.
+
+The GNU MP Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your
+option) any later version.
+
+The GNU MP Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public
+License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+along with the GNU MP Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
+the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA
+02111-1307, USA.
+
+
+
+
+
 This directory contains mpn functions for various SPARC chips.  Code that
 runs only on version 8 SPARC implementations, is in the v8 subdirectory.
 
@@ -8,8 +31,8 @@ RELEVANT OPTIMIZATION ISSUES
 On most early SPARC implementations, the ST instructions takes multiple
 cycles, while a STD takes just a single cycle more than an ST.  For the CPUs
 in SPARCstation I and II, the times are 3 and 4 cycles, respectively.
-Therefore, combining two ST instrucitons into a STD when possible is a
-significant optimiation.
+Therefore, combining two ST instructions into a STD when possible is a
+significant optimization.
 
 Later SPARC implementations have single cycle ST.
 
@@ -19,6 +42,9 @@ programs that perform so many memory operations that t
 non-memory operations to issue in parallel with all memory operations, using
 LDD and STD when possible helps.
 
+UltraSPARC-1/2 has very slow integer multiplication.  In the v9 subdirectory,
+we therefore use floating-point multiplication.
+
 STATUS
 
 1. On a SuperSPARC, mpn_lshift and mpn_rshift run at 3 cycles/limb, or 2.5
@@ -31,6 +57,6 @@ STATUS
 3. mpn_mul_1 runs at what is believed to be optimal speed.
 
 4. On SuperSPARC, mpn_addmul_1 and mpn_submul_1 could both be improved by a
-   cycle by avoiding one of the add instrucitons.  See a29k/addmul_1.
+   cycle by avoiding one of the add instructions.  See a29k/addmul_1.
 
 The speed of the code for other SPARC implementations is uncertain.