Rob Leslie wrote:
MAD 0.12.4b is now available.
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It also includes (untested) native fixed-point math support for the PowerPC platform, contributed by David Blythe. Since I've made some significant changes to the way the fixed-point math routines are maintained, I'd appreciate feedback from anyone using MAD on a PPC to make sure I haven't broken anything.
Rob,
Another NetBSD person with a mac Powerbook (a 400MHz G3 PPC cpu) has reported no change in cpu utilitisation at all between 0.12.3b and 0.12.4b - both before and after he was getting about 12.5-13% cpu utilisation decoding a 128kbps file.
I don't really have any more details than that, this is more a "for your info" mail. He is able to test patches and whatnot and may be able to provide an account for testing if you want/need it.
On my 233MHz StrongArm I saw a reduction in CPU utilisation from 37% with 0.12.3b to 21% with 0.12.4b decoding the same 192kbps mp3. Here's the output of tcsh's "time" command for each:
before: 78.704u 3.579s 3:40.28 37.3% 0+0k 0+0io 162pf+0w after: 43.241u 3.788s 3:40.12 21.3% 0+0k 0+0io 160pf+0w
Simon. -- Simon Burge simonb@wasabisystems.com NetBSD CDs, Support and Service: http://www.wasabisystems.com/