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This directory contains assembly code for nails-enabled 21264.  The code is not
very well optimized.

For addmul_N, as N grows larger, we could make multiple loads together, then do
about 3.3 i/c.  10 cycles after the last load, we can increase to 4 i/c.  This
would surely allow addmul_4 to run at 2 c/l, but the same should be possible
also for addmul_3 and perhaps even addmul_2.


		current		fair		best
Routine		c/l  unroll	c/l  unroll	c/l  i/c
mul_1		3.25		2.75		2.75 3.273
addmul_1	4.0	4	3.5	4 14	3.25 3.385
addmul_2	4.0	1	2.5	2 10	2.25 3.333
addmul_3	3.0	1	2.33	2 14	2    3.333
addmul_4	2.5	1	2.125	2 17	2    3.135

addmul_5			2	1 10
addmul_6			2	1 12
addmul_7			2	1 14

(The "best" column doesn't account for bookkeeping instructions and
thereby assumes infinite unrolling.)

Basecase usages:

1	 addmul_1
2	 addmul_2
3	 addmul_3
4	 addmul_4
5	 addmul_3 + addmul_2	2.3998
6	 addmul_4 + addmul_2
7	 addmul_4 + addmul_3
