From: Niels Möller <nisse@lysator.liu.se>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:36:48 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Updated info about ARM neon use.
X-Git-Tag: nettle_2.7_release_20130424~12
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=92ca9c2971b0da81a8168ec25c705e2d69cb7257;p=thirdparty%2Fnettle.git

Updated info about ARM neon use.
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 44002165..f614c2df 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ NEWS for the 2.7 release
           performance problem is fixed now).
 	
 	The ARM code was tested and benchmarked on Cortex-A9. Some of
-	the functions use "neon" instructions, which are not available
-	on all ARM processors. Feedback appreciated.
+	the functions use "neon" instructions. The configure script
+	decides if neon instructions can be used, and the command line
+	options --enable-arm-neon and --disable-arm-neon can be used
+	to override its choice. Feedback appreciated.
 	  
 	The libraries are intended to be binary compatible with
 	nettle-2.2 and later. The shared library names are