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Re:Asmttpd: Web server for Linux written in amd64 assembly (... by elcritch on Friday July 13, 2018 @05:59PM (#17527161)
BeagleBone’s processor the AM335x PRU processors by TI has two “PRU” coprocessors. They have “xin” and “xout” instructions that can copy a register bank in 1 cycle. Pretty handy for quick data gathering but tricky to use in C.
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