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Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2023 06:26:59 +0200
From: Robert Clausecker <fuz@fuz.su>
To: Joe Mcguckin <joe@via.net>
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Subject: Re: Could zfs use a gpu or x86 mmx instructions for speedup?
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Hi,

Am Tue, Sep 12, 2023 at 09:22:44PM -0700 schrieb Joe Mcguckin:
> Maybe for parity/checksum computation?

Well MMX is universally outdated, but it's likely SSE or AVX(-512)
could be used.

Yours,
Robert Clausecker

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