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powerpc: Use CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER

I ran some tests to compare hash_64 using shifts and multiplies.
The results:

POWER6:	~2x slower
POWER7: ~2x faster
POWER8: ~2x faster

Now we have a proper config option, select
CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER on POWER7 and POWER8.

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Anton Blanchard 11 years ago
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arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig.cputype

@@ -116,10 +116,12 @@ config POWER6_CPU
 config POWER7_CPU
 	bool "POWER7"
 	depends on PPC_BOOK3S_64
+	select ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER
 
 config POWER8_CPU
 	bool "POWER8"
 	depends on PPC_BOOK3S_64
+	select ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER
 
 config E5500_CPU
 	bool "Freescale e5500"