Update.

	* sysdeps/ia64/memccpy.S: New file.
	* sysdeps/ia64/memchr.S: New file.
	* sysdeps/ia64/memcmp.S: New file.
	* sysdeps/ia64/memcpy.S: New file.
	* sysdeps/ia64/memmove.S: New file.
	* sysdeps/ia64/memset.S: New file.
	* sysdeps/ia64/strcat.S: New file.
	* sysdeps/ia64/strchr.S: New file.
	* sysdeps/ia64/strcmp.S: New file.
	* sysdeps/ia64/strcpy.S: New file.
	* sysdeps/ia64/strlen.S: New file.
	* sysdeps/ia64/strncmp.S: New file.
	* sysdeps/ia64/strncpy.S: New file.
	* sysdeps/ia64/softpipe.h: New file.
	Patches by Dan Pop <Dan.Pop@cern.ch>.

	* manual/memory.texi: Document memory handling functions (mlock,
	munlock, mlockall, munlockall, brk, and sbrk)

14 files changed, 1700 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/sysdeps/ia64/memccpy.S b/sysdeps/ia64/memccpy.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3dd1339
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/ia64/memccpy.S
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+/* Optimized version of the memccpy() function.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+   Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Contributed by Dan Pop <Dan.Pop@cern.ch>.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+   License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
+   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+/* Return: a pointer to the next byte after char in dest or NULL
+
+   Inputs:
+        in0:    dest
+        in1:    src
+  	in2:	char
+        in3:    byte count
+  
+   This implementation assumes little endian mode (UM.be = 0).
+  
+   This implementation assumes that it is safe to do read ahead
+   in the src block, without getting beyond its limit.  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+#undef ret
+
+#define OP_T_THRES 	16
+#define OPSIZ 		8
+
+#define saved_pfs	r14
+#define saved_pr	r17
+#define saved_lc	r18
+#define dest		r19
+#define src		r20
+#define len		r21
+#define asrc		r22
+#define tmp		r23
+#define char		r24
+#define charx8		r25
+#define sh2		r28
+#define	sh1		r29
+#define loopcnt		r30
+#define	value		r31
+
+ENTRY(memccpy)
+	alloc 	saved_pfs = ar.pfs, 4, 40 - 4, 0, 40
+
+#include "softpipe.h"
+	.rotr	r[MEMLAT + 3], tmp1[4], tmp2[4], val[4], tmp3[2], pos0[2]
+	.rotp	p[MEMLAT + 6 + 1]
+
+	mov	ret0 = r0		// return NULL if no match
+	mov	saved_pr = pr		// save the predicate registers
+        mov 	saved_lc = ar.lc	// save the loop counter
+	mov 	dest = in0		// dest
+	mov 	src = in1		// src
+	extr.u	char = in2, 0, 8	// char
+	mov	len = in3		// len
+	sub	tmp = r0, in0		// tmp = -dest
+	cmp.ne	p7, p0 = r0, r0		// clear p7
+	;;
+	and	loopcnt = 7, tmp		// loopcnt = -dest % 8
+	cmp.ge	p6, p0 = OP_T_THRES, len	// is len <= OP_T_THRES
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt	.cpyfew			// copy byte by byte
+	;;
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = loopcnt, r0
+	mux1	charx8 = char, @brcst
+(p6)	br.cond.sptk .dest_aligned
+	sub	len = len, loopcnt	// len -= -dest % 8
+	adds	loopcnt = -1, loopcnt	// --loopcnt
+	;;
+	mov	ar.lc = loopcnt
+.l1:					// copy -dest % 8 bytes
+	ld1	value = [src], 1	// value = *src++
+	;;
+	st1	[dest] = value, 1	// *dest++ = value  
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = value, char
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt .foundit
+	br.cloop.dptk .l1	
+.dest_aligned:
+	and	sh1 = 7, src 		// sh1 = src % 8
+	and	tmp = -8, len   	// tmp = len & -OPSIZ
+	and	asrc = -8, src		// asrc = src & -OPSIZ  -- align src
+	shr.u	loopcnt = len, 3	// loopcnt = len / 8
+	and	len = 7, len ;;		// len = len % 8
+	shl	sh1 = sh1, 3		// sh1 = 8 * (src % 8)
+	adds	loopcnt = -1, loopcnt	// --loopcnt
+	mov     pr.rot = 1 << 16 ;;	// set rotating predicates
+	sub	sh2 = 64, sh1		// sh2 = 64 - sh1
+	mov	ar.lc = loopcnt		// set LC
+	cmp.eq  p6, p0 = sh1, r0 	// is the src aligned?
+(p6)    br.cond.sptk .src_aligned ;;
+	add	src = src, tmp		// src += len & -OPSIZ
+	mov	ar.ec = MEMLAT + 6 + 1 	// six more passes needed
+	ld8	r[1] = [asrc], 8 	// r[1] = w0
+	cmp.ne	p6, p0 = r0, r0	;;	// clear p6
+	.align	32
+.l2:					
+(p[0])		ld8	r[0] = [asrc], 8		// r[0] = w1
+(p[MEMLAT])	shr.u	tmp1[0] = r[1 + MEMLAT], sh1	// tmp1 = w0 >> sh1
+(p[MEMLAT])	shl	tmp2[0] = r[0 + MEMLAT], sh2  	// tmp2 = w1 << sh2
+(p[MEMLAT+4])	xor	tmp3[0] = val[1], charx8
+(p[MEMLAT+5])	czx1.r	pos0[0] = tmp3[1]
+(p[MEMLAT+6])	cmp.ne	p6, p0 = 8, pos0[1]
+(p6)		br.cond.spnt	.gotit
+(p[MEMLAT+6])	st8	[dest] = val[3], 8		// store val to dest
+(p[MEMLAT+3])	or	val[0] = tmp1[3], tmp2[3] 	// val = tmp1 | tmp2
+		br.ctop.sptk    .l2
+		br.cond.sptk .cpyfew
+.src_aligned:
+		cmp.ne  p6, p0 = r0, r0			// clear p6
+		mov     ar.ec = MEMLAT + 2 + 1 ;;	// set EC
+.l3:
+(p[0])		ld8	r[0] = [src], 8
+(p[MEMLAT])	xor	tmp3[0] = r[MEMLAT], charx8
+(p[MEMLAT+1])	czx1.r	pos0[0] = tmp3[1]
+(p[MEMLAT+2])	cmp.ne	p7, p0 = 8, pos0[1]
+(p7)		br.cond.spnt	.gotit
+(p[MEMLAT+2])	st8	[dest] = r[MEMLAT+2], 8
+		br.ctop.dptk .l3
+.cpyfew:
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = len, r0	// is len == 0 ?
+	adds	len = -1, len		// --len;
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt	.restore_and_exit ;;
+	mov	ar.lc = len
+.l4:
+	ld1	value = [src], 1
+	;;
+	st1	[dest] = value, 1
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = value, char
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt .foundit
+	br.cloop.dptk	.l4 ;;
+.foundit:
+(p6)	mov	ret0 = dest
+.restore_and_exit:
+	mov 	ar.pfs = saved_pfs	// restore the PFS
+	mov     pr = saved_pr, -1    	// restore the predicate registers
+	mov 	ar.lc = saved_lc	// restore the loop counter
+	br.ret.sptk.many b0
+.gotit:
+(p6)	mov	value = val[3]		// if coming from l2
+(p7)	mov	value = r[MEMLAT+2]	// if coming from l3
+	mov	ar.lc = pos0[1] ;;
+.l5:
+	extr.u	tmp = value, 0, 8 ;;
+	st1	[dest] = tmp, 1
+	shr.u	value = value, 8
+	br.cloop.sptk .l5 ;;
+	mov 	ret0 = dest
+	mov	ar.pfs = saved_pfs
+	mov	pr = saved_pr, -1
+	mov	ar.lc = saved_lc
+	br.ret.sptk.many b0	
+END(memccpy)
diff --git a/sysdeps/ia64/memchr.S b/sysdeps/ia64/memchr.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..600f5c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/ia64/memchr.S
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/* Optimized version of the standard memchr() function.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+   Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Contributed by Dan Pop <Dan.Pop@cern.ch>.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+   License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
+   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+/* Return: the address of the first occurence of chr in str or NULL
+
+   Inputs:
+  	in0:	str
+  	in1:	chr
+  	in2:	byte count
+
+   This implementation assumes little endian mode.  For big endian mode,
+   the instruction czx1.r should be replaced by czx1.l.
+
+   The algorithm is fairly straightforward: search byte by byte until we
+   we get to a word aligned address, then search word by word as much as
+   possible; the remaining few bytes are searched one at a time.
+
+   The word by word search is performed by xor-ing the word with a word
+   containing chr in every byte.  If there is a hit, the result will 
+   contain a zero byte in the corresponding position.  The presence and 
+   position of that zero byte is detected with a czx instruction.
+
+   All the loops in this function could have had the internal branch removed
+   if br.ctop and br.cloop could be predicated :-(.  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+#undef ret
+
+#define	saved_pfs	r14
+#define saved_pr	r15
+#define saved_lc	r16
+#define	chr		r17
+#define len		r18
+#define pos0		r20
+#define val		r21
+#define tmp		r24
+#define chrx8		r25
+#define loopcnt		r30
+
+#define str		in0
+
+ENTRY(memchr)
+	alloc saved_pfs = ar.pfs, 3, 0, 29, 32
+#include "softpipe.h"
+	.rotr	value[MEMLAT+1], addr[MEMLAT+3], aux[2], poschr[2]
+	.rotp	p[MEMLAT+3]
+        mov 	saved_lc = ar.lc 	// save the loop counter
+	mov	saved_pr = pr		// save the predicates
+	mov 	ret0 = str	
+	and 	tmp = 7, str		// tmp = str % 8
+	cmp.ne	p7, p0 = r0, r0		// clear p7
+	extr.u	chr = in1, 0, 8		// chr = (unsigned char) in1
+	mov	len = in2
+	cmp.gtu	p6, p0 = 16, in2	// use a simple loop for short
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt .srchfew ;;	// searches
+	sub	loopcnt = 8, tmp	// loopcnt = 8 - tmp
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = tmp, r0
+(p6)	br.cond.sptk	.str_aligned;;
+	sub	len = len, loopcnt
+	adds	loopcnt = -1, loopcnt;;
+	mov	ar.lc = loopcnt
+.l1:
+	ld1	val = [ret0], 1
+	;;
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = val, chr
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt	.foundit
+	br.cloop.sptk	.l1 ;;
+.str_aligned:
+	cmp.ne	p6, p0 = r0, r0		// clear p6
+	shr.u	loopcnt = len, 3	// loopcnt = len / 8
+	and 	len = 7, len ;;		// remaining len = len & 7
+	adds	loopcnt = -1, loopcnt
+	mov	ar.ec = MEMLAT + 3
+	mux1	chrx8 = chr, @brcst ;;	// get a word full of chr
+	mov	ar.lc = loopcnt
+	mov	pr.rot = 1 << 16 ;;
+.l2:	
+(p[0])		mov	addr[0] = ret0
+(p[0])		ld8	value[0] = [ret0], 8
+(p[MEMLAT])	xor	aux[0] = value[MEMLAT], chrx8
+(p[MEMLAT+1])	czx1.r	poschr[0] = aux[1]
+(p[MEMLAT+2])	cmp.ne	p7, p0 = 8, poschr[1]
+(p7)		br.cond.dpnt .foundit
+		br.ctop.dptk .l2
+.srchfew:
+	adds	loopcnt = -1, len 	
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = len, r0
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt .notfound ;;
+	mov	ar.lc = loopcnt
+.l3:
+	ld1	val = [ret0], 1
+	;;
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = val, chr
+(p6)	br.cond.dpnt	.foundit
+	br.cloop.sptk	.l3 ;;	
+.notfound:
+	cmp.ne	p6, p0 = r0, r0	// clear p6 (p7 was already 0 when we got here)
+	mov	ret0 = r0 ;;	// return NULL
+.foundit:
+(p6)	adds	ret0 = -1, ret0 		   // if we got here from l1 or l3
+(p7)	add	ret0 = addr[MEMLAT+2], poschr[1]   // if we got here from l2
+	mov	pr = saved_pr, -1
+	mov	ar.pfs = saved_pfs
+	mov	ar.lc = saved_lc
+	br.ret.sptk.many b0
+
+END(memchr)
diff --git a/sysdeps/ia64/memcmp.S b/sysdeps/ia64/memcmp.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e4f2ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/ia64/memcmp.S
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+/* Optimized version of the standard memcmp() function.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+   Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Contributed by Dan Pop <Dan.Pop@cern.ch>.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+   License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
+   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+/* Return: the result of the comparison
+
+   Inputs:
+        in0:    dest (aka s1)
+        in1:    src  (aka s2)
+        in2:    byte count
+
+   In this form, it assumes little endian mode.  For big endian mode, the
+   the two shifts in .l2 must be inverted:
+
+	shl   	tmp1[0] = r[1 + MEMLAT], sh1   // tmp1 = w0 << sh1
+	shr.u   tmp2[0] = r[0 + MEMLAT], sh2   // tmp2 = w1 >> sh2
+
+   and all the mux1 instructions should be replaced by plain mov's.  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+#undef ret
+
+#define OP_T_THRES 	16
+#define OPSIZ 		8
+#define MEMLAT		2
+
+#define saved_pfs	r14
+#define start		r15
+#define saved_pr	r17
+#define saved_lc	r18
+#define dest		r19
+#define src		r20
+#define len		r21
+#define asrc		r22
+#define tmp		r23
+#define value1		r24
+#define value2		r25
+#define sh2		r28
+#define	sh1		r29
+#define loopcnt		r30
+
+ENTRY(memcmp)
+	alloc 	saved_pfs = ar.pfs, 3, 37, 0, 40
+
+	.rotr	r[MEMLAT + 2], q[MEMLAT + 5], tmp1[4], tmp2[4], val[2]
+	.rotp	p[MEMLAT + 4 + 1]
+
+	mov	ret0 = r0		// by default return value = 0
+	mov	saved_pr = pr		// save the predicate registers
+        mov 	saved_lc = ar.lc	// save the loop counter
+	mov 	dest = in0		// dest
+	mov 	src = in1		// src
+	mov	len = in2		// len
+	sub	tmp = r0, in0		// tmp = -dest
+	;;
+	and	loopcnt = 7, tmp		// loopcnt = -dest % 8
+	cmp.ge	p6, p0 = OP_T_THRES, len	// is len <= OP_T_THRES
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt	.cmpfew			// compare byte by byte
+	;;
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = loopcnt, r0
+(p6)	br.cond.sptk .dest_aligned
+	sub	len = len, loopcnt	// len -= -dest % 8
+	adds	loopcnt = -1, loopcnt	// --loopcnt
+	;;
+	mov	ar.lc = loopcnt
+.l1:					// copy -dest % 8 bytes
+	ld1	value1 = [src], 1	// value = *src++
+	ld1	value2 = [dest], 1
+	;;
+	cmp.ne	p6, p0 = value1, value2
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt .done
+	br.cloop.dptk .l1	
+.dest_aligned:
+	and	sh1 = 7, src 		// sh1 = src % 8
+	and	tmp = -8, len   	// tmp = len & -OPSIZ
+	and	asrc = -8, src		// asrc = src & -OPSIZ  -- align src
+	shr.u	loopcnt = len, 3	// loopcnt = len / 8
+	and	len = 7, len ;;		// len = len % 8
+	shl	sh1 = sh1, 3		// sh1 = 8 * (src % 8)
+	adds	loopcnt = -1, loopcnt	// --loopcnt
+	mov     pr.rot = 1 << 16 ;;	// set rotating predicates
+	sub	sh2 = 64, sh1		// sh2 = 64 - sh1
+	mov	ar.lc = loopcnt		// set LC
+	cmp.eq  p6, p0 = sh1, r0 	// is the src aligned?
+(p6)    br.cond.sptk .src_aligned
+	add	src = src, tmp		// src += len & -OPSIZ
+	mov	ar.ec = MEMLAT + 4 + 1 	// four more passes needed
+	ld8	r[1] = [asrc], 8 ;;	// r[1] = w0
+	.align	32
+
+// We enter this loop with p6 cleared by the above comparison
+
+.l2:					
+(p[0])		ld8	r[0] = [asrc], 8		// r[0] = w1
+(p[0])		ld8	q[0] = [dest], 8
+(p[MEMLAT])	shr.u	tmp1[0] = r[1 + MEMLAT], sh1	// tmp1 = w0 >> sh1
+(p[MEMLAT])	shl	tmp2[0] = r[0 + MEMLAT], sh2  	// tmp2 = w1 << sh2
+(p[MEMLAT+4])	cmp.ne	p6, p0 = q[MEMLAT + 4], val[1]
+(p[MEMLAT+3])	or	val[0] = tmp1[3], tmp2[3] 	// val = tmp1 | tmp2
+(p6)		br.cond.spnt .l2exit
+		br.ctop.sptk    .l2
+		br.cond.sptk .cmpfew
+.l3exit:
+	mux1	value1 = r[MEMLAT], @rev
+	mux1	value2 = q[MEMLAT], @rev
+	cmp.ne	p6, p0 = r0, r0	;;	// clear p6
+.l2exit:
+(p6)	mux1	value1 = val[1], @rev
+(p6)	mux1	value2 = q[MEMLAT + 4], @rev ;;
+	cmp.ltu	p6, p7 = value2, value1 ;;
+(p6)	mov	ret0 = -1
+(p7)	mov	ret0 = 1
+	mov 	ar.pfs = saved_pfs	// restore the PFS
+	mov     pr = saved_pr, -1    	// restore the predicate registers
+	mov 	ar.lc = saved_lc	// restore the loop counter
+	br.ret.sptk.many b0
+.src_aligned:
+	cmp.ne	p6, p0 = r0, r0		// clear p6
+	mov     ar.ec = MEMLAT + 1 ;;	// set EC
+.l3:
+(p[0])		ld8	r[0] = [src], 8
+(p[0])		ld8	q[0] = [dest], 8
+(p[MEMLAT])	cmp.ne	p6, p0 = r[MEMLAT], q[MEMLAT]
+(p6)		br.cond.spnt .l3exit
+		br.ctop.dptk .l3 ;;
+.cmpfew:
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = len, r0	// is len == 0 ?
+	adds	len = -1, len		// --len;
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt	.restore_and_exit ;;
+	mov	ar.lc = len
+.l4:
+	ld1	value1 = [src], 1
+	ld1	value2 = [dest], 1
+	;;
+	cmp.ne	p6, p0 = value1, value2
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt	.done
+	br.cloop.dptk	.l4 ;;
+.done:
+(p6)	sub	ret0 = value2, value1	// don't execute it if falling thru
+.restore_and_exit:
+	mov 	ar.pfs = saved_pfs	// restore the PFS
+	mov     pr = saved_pr, -1    	// restore the predicate registers
+	mov 	ar.lc = saved_lc	// restore the loop counter
+	br.ret.sptk.many b0
+END(memcmp)
+
+weak_alias (memcmp, bcmp)
diff --git a/sysdeps/ia64/memcpy.S b/sysdeps/ia64/memcpy.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a254202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/ia64/memcpy.S
@@ -0,0 +1,265 @@
+/* Optimized version of the standard memcpy() function.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+   Copyright (C) 1991,92,93,97,98,99 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Contributed by Dan Pop <Dan.Pop@cern.ch>.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+   License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
+   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+/* Return: dest
+
+   Inputs:
+        in0:    dest
+        in1:    src
+        in2:    byte count
+
+   An assembly implementation of the algorithm used by the generic C
+   version from glibc.  The case when all three arguments are multiples
+   of 8 is treated separatedly, for extra performance.
+
+   In this form, it assumes little endian mode.  For big endian mode,
+   sh1 must be computed using an extra instruction: sub sh1 = 64, sh1
+   and the order of r[MEMLAT] and r[MEMLAT+1] must be reverted in the
+   shrp instruction.  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+#undef ret
+
+#define OP_T_THRES 	16
+#define OPSIZ 		8
+
+#define saved_pfs	r14
+#define sf		r15
+#define rescnt		r16
+#define saved_pr	r17
+#define saved_lc	r18
+#define dest		r19
+#define src		r20
+#define len		r21
+#define asrc		r22
+#define tmp2		r23
+#define tmp3		r24
+#define	tmp4		r25
+#define ptable		r26
+#define ploop56		r27
+#define	loopaddr	r28
+#define	sh1		r29
+#define loopcnt		r30
+#define	value		r31
+
+#define dl0		r22
+#define dh0		r23
+#define dl1		r24
+#define dh1		r25
+#define dl2		r26
+#define dh2		r27
+#define dl3		r28
+#define dh3		r29 
+
+#define LOOP(shift)							\
+		.align	32 ; 						\
+.loop##shift##:								\
+(p[0])		ld8	r[0] = [asrc], 8 ;	/* w1 */		\
+(p[MEMLAT+1])	st8	[dest] = value, 8 ;				\
+(p[MEMLAT])	shrp	value = r[MEMLAT], r[MEMLAT+1], shift ;	\
+		nop.b	0 ;						\
+		nop.b	0 ;						\
+		br.ctop.sptk .loop##shift ;				\
+		br.cond.sptk .cpyfew ; /* deal with the remaining bytes */
+
+ENTRY(memcpy)
+	alloc 	saved_pfs = ar.pfs, 3, 40-3, 0, 40
+#include "softpipe.h"
+	.rotr	r[MEMLAT + 2], q[MEMLAT + 1], s0[2], s1[2], s2[2], s3[2]
+	.rotf	tl0[5], th0[5], tl1[5], th1[5], tl2[5], th2[5], tl3[5], th3[5]
+	.rotp	p[MEMLAT + 2]
+	mov	ret0 = in0		// return value = dest
+	mov	saved_pr = pr		// save the predicate registers
+	brp.loop.many.tk.tk.imp	.l0, .done - 16
+        mov 	saved_lc = ar.lc	// save the loop counter
+	or	tmp3 = in0, in1 ;;	// tmp3 = dest | src
+	or	tmp3 = tmp3, in2	// tmp3 = dest | src | len
+	mov 	dest = in0		// dest
+	mov 	src = in1		// src
+	mov	len = in2		// len
+	sub	tmp2 = r0, in0		// tmp2 = -dest
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = in2, r0	// if (len == 0)
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt .restore_and_exit;;// 	return dest;
+	and	tmp4 = 7, tmp3 		// tmp4 = (dest | src | len) & 7
+	tbit.nz	p8, p0 = src, 3 ;;	// test for 16-byte boundary align
+	cmp.ne	p6, p0 = tmp4, r0	// if ((dest | src | len) & 7 != 0)
+(p6)	br.cond.sptk .next		//	goto next;
+
+// The optimal case, when dest, src and len are all multiples of 8
+
+(p8)	ld8	value = [src], 8	// align src if necessary
+(p8)	adds	len = -8, len ;;	// adjust len accordingly
+	shr.u	loopcnt = len, 6 	// loopcnt = len / 64
+	shr.u	rescnt = len, 3		// rescnt = len / 8
+	mov	pr.rot = 1 << 16 	// set rotating predicates
+	mov	ar.ec = 4 + 1 ;;	// set the epilog counter
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = loopcnt, r0 
+	and	rescnt = 7, rescnt	// resnt = residual word count
+	adds	loopcnt = -1, loopcnt	// --loopcnt
+(p8)	st8	[dest] = value, 8	// copy one word if aligning 
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt .epilog;;		// there are < 8 words to copy
+	add	sf = 64 * 4, src
+	mov	ar.lc = loopcnt 	// set the loop counter		 
+	mov	s0[1] = src
+	add	s1[1] = 16*1, src
+	add     s2[1] = 16*2, src
+	add	s3[1] = 16*3, src
+	;;
+	mov     dl0 = dest
+	add	dh0 = 8 * 1, dest
+	add	dl1 = 8 * 2, dest
+	add     dh1 = 8 * 3, dest
+	add	dl2 = 8 * 4, dest
+	add	dh2 = 8 * 5, dest
+	add	dl3 = 8 * 6, dest
+	add	dh3 = 8 * 7, dest
+	;;	
+.l0:
+(p[0]) 	lfetch.nta [sf], 64
+
+(p[0])  ldfp8   tl0[0], th0[0] = [s0[1]]
+(p[0])  ldfp8   tl1[0], th1[0] = [s1[1]]
+(p[0])  ldfp8   tl2[0], th2[0] = [s2[1]]
+(p[0])  ldfp8   tl3[0], th3[0] = [s3[1]]
+
+(p[0])  add     s0[0] = 64, s0[1]
+(p[0])  add     s1[0] = 64, s1[1]
+(p[0])  add     s2[0] = 64, s2[1]
+(p[0])  add     s3[0] = 64, s3[1]
+(p[1])	mov	src = s0[1]		// for the epilog code
+
+(p[4])  stf8    [dl0] = tl0[4], 64
+(p[4])  stf8    [dh0] = th0[4], 64
+(p[4])  stf8    [dl1] = tl1[4], 64
+(p[4])  stf8    [dh1] = th1[4], 64
+(p[4])  stf8    [dl2] = tl2[4], 64
+(p[4])  stf8    [dh2] = th2[4], 64
+(p[4])  stf8    [dl3] = tl3[4], 64
+(p[4])  stf8    [dh3] = th3[4], 64
+
+	br.ctop.sptk.many .l0
+.done:
+	mov	dest = dl0
+.epilog:
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = rescnt, r0	// are there any words left to copy?
+	tbit.nz	p10, p0 = rescnt, 0
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt .restore_and_exit ;;
+(p10)	ld8	r[0] = [src], 8
+	tbit.nz	p11, p0 = rescnt, 1 ;;
+(p11)	ld8	r[1] = [src], 8
+(p10)	st8	[dest] = r[0], 8 ;;
+(p11)	ld8	r[2] = [src], 8 
+(p11)	st8	[dest] = r[1], 8
+	tbit.nz	p12, p0 = rescnt, 2 ;;
+(p12)	ld8	r[3] = [src], 8
+(p11)	st8	[dest] = r[2], 8 ;;
+(p12)	ld8	r[4] = [src], 8
+(p12)	st8	[dest] = r[3], 8 ;;
+(p12)	ld8	r[5] = [src], 8
+(p12) 	st8	[dest] = r[4], 8 
+	mov	ar.lc = saved_lc ;;	// restore the loop counter
+(p12) 	ld8	r[6] = [src], 8
+(p12)	st8	[dest] = r[5], 8 
+	mov	ar.pfs = saved_pfs;;	// restore the PFS
+(p12)	st8	[dest] = r[6]
+	mov	pr = saved_pr, -1 	// restore the predicate registers
+	br.ret.sptk.many b0
+.next:
+	cmp.ge	p6, p0 = OP_T_THRES, len	// is len <= OP_T_THRES
+	and	loopcnt = 7, tmp2 		// loopcnt = -dest % 8
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt	.cpyfew			// copy byte by byte
+	;;
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = loopcnt, r0
+(p6)	br.cond.sptk	.dest_aligned
+	sub	len = len, loopcnt	// len -= -dest % 8
+	adds	loopcnt = -1, loopcnt	// --loopcnt
+	;;
+	mov	ar.lc = loopcnt
+.l1:					// copy -dest % 8 bytes
+	ld1	value = [src], 1	// value = *src++
+	;;
+	st1	[dest] = value, 1	// *dest++ = value  
+	br.cloop.dptk .l1	
+.dest_aligned:
+	and	sh1 = 7, src 		// sh1 = src % 8
+	and	tmp2 = -8, len   	// tmp2 = len & -OPSIZ
+	and	asrc = -8, src		// asrc = src & -OPSIZ  -- align src
+	shr.u	loopcnt = len, 3	// loopcnt = len / 8
+	and	len = 7, len;;		// len = len % 8
+	adds	loopcnt = -1, loopcnt	// --loopcnt
+	addl	tmp4 = @ltoff(.table), gp 
+	addl	tmp3 = @ltoff(.loop56), gp
+	mov     ar.ec = MEMLAT + 1	// set EC
+	mov     pr.rot = 1 << 16;;	// set rotating predicates
+	mov	ar.lc = loopcnt		// set LC
+	cmp.eq  p6, p0 = sh1, r0 	// is the src aligned?
+(p6)    br.cond.sptk .src_aligned
+	add	src = src, tmp2		// src += len & -OPSIZ
+	shl	sh1 = sh1, 3		// sh1 = 8 * (src % 8)
+	ld8	ploop56 = [tmp3]	// ploop56 = &loop56
+	ld8	ptable = [tmp4];;	// ptable = &table
+	add	tmp3 = ptable, sh1;;	// tmp3 = &table + sh1
+	mov	ar.ec = MEMLAT + 1 + 1 // one more pass needed
+	ld8	tmp4 = [tmp3];;		// tmp4 = loop offset
+	sub	loopaddr = ploop56,tmp4	// loopadd = &loop56 - loop offset
+	ld8	r[1] = [asrc], 8;;	// w0
+	mov	b6 = loopaddr;;
+	br	b6			// jump to the appropriate loop
+
+	LOOP(8)
+	LOOP(16)
+	LOOP(24)
+	LOOP(32)
+	LOOP(40)
+	LOOP(48)
+	LOOP(56)
+	
+.src_aligned:
+.l3:
+(p[0])		ld8	r[0] = [src], 8
+(p[MEMLAT])	st8	[dest] = r[MEMLAT], 8
+		br.ctop.dptk .l3
+.cpyfew:
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = len, r0	// is len == 0 ?
+	adds	len = -1, len		// --len;
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt	.restore_and_exit ;;
+	mov	ar.lc = len
+.l4:
+	ld1	value = [src], 1
+	;;
+	st1	[dest] = value, 1
+	br.cloop.dptk	.l4 ;;
+.restore_and_exit:
+	mov 	ar.pfs = saved_pfs	// restore the PFS
+	mov     pr = saved_pr, -1    	// restore the predicate registers
+	mov 	ar.lc = saved_lc	// restore the loop counter
+	br.ret.sptk.many b0
+	.align 8
+.table:
+	data8	0			// dummy entry
+	data8 	.loop56 - .loop8
+	data8 	.loop56 - .loop16
+	data8 	.loop56 - .loop24
+	data8	.loop56 - .loop32
+	data8	.loop56 - .loop40
+	data8	.loop56 - .loop48
+	data8	.loop56 - .loop56
+
+END(memcpy)
diff --git a/sysdeps/ia64/memmove.S b/sysdeps/ia64/memmove.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fc38b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/ia64/memmove.S
@@ -0,0 +1,238 @@
+/* Optimized version of the standard memmove() function.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+   Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Contributed by Dan Pop <Dan.Pop@cern.ch>.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+   License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
+   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+/* Return: dest
+
+   Inputs:
+        in0:    dest
+        in1:    src
+        in2:    byte count
+
+   The core of the function is the memcpy implementation used in memcpy.S.
+   When bytes have to be copied backwards, only the easy case, when 
+   all arguments are multiples of 8, is optimised.
+
+   In this form, it assumes little endian mode.  For big endian mode,
+   sh1 must be computed using an extra instruction: sub sh1 = 64, sh1
+   or the UM.be bit should be cleared at the beginning and set at the end.  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+#undef ret
+
+#define OP_T_THRES 	16
+#define OPSIZ 		 8
+
+#define saved_pfs	r14
+#define adest		r15
+#define saved_pr	r17
+#define saved_lc	r18
+#define dest		r19
+#define src		r20
+#define len		r21
+#define asrc		r22
+#define tmp2		r23
+#define tmp3		r24
+#define	tmp4		r25
+#define ptable		r26
+#define ploop56		r27
+#define	loopaddr	r28
+#define	sh1		r29
+#define loopcnt		r30
+#define	value		r31
+
+#define LOOP(shift)							\
+		.align	32 ;						\
+.loop##shift##:								\
+(p[0])		ld8	r[0] = [asrc], 8 ;	/* w1 */		\
+(p[MEMLAT+1])	st8	[dest] = value, 8 ;				\
+(p[MEMLAT])	shrp	value = r[MEMLAT], r[MEMLAT+1], shift ;	\
+		nop.b	0 ;						\
+		nop.b	0 ;						\
+		br.ctop.sptk .loop##shift ;				\
+		br.cond.sptk .cpyfew ; /* deal with the remaining bytes */
+
+ENTRY(memmove)
+	alloc 	saved_pfs = ar.pfs, 3, 29, 0, 32
+#include "softpipe.h"
+	.rotr	r[MEMLAT + 2], q[MEMLAT + 1]
+	.rotp	p[MEMLAT + 2]
+	mov	ret0 = in0		// return value = dest
+	mov	saved_pr = pr		// save the predicate registers
+        mov 	saved_lc = ar.lc	// save the loop counter
+	or	tmp3 = in0, in1 ;;	// tmp3 = dest | src
+	or	tmp3 = tmp3, in2	// tmp3 = dest | src | len
+	mov 	dest = in0		// dest
+	mov 	src = in1		// src
+	mov	len = in2		// len
+	sub	tmp2 = r0, in0		// tmp2 = -dest
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = in2, r0	// if (len == 0)
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt .restore_and_exit;;// 	return dest;
+	and	tmp4 = 7, tmp3 		// tmp4 = (dest | src | len) & 7
+	cmp.le	p6, p0 = dest, src	// if dest <= src it's always safe
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt .forward		// to copy forward
+	add	tmp3 = src, len;;	
+	cmp.lt	p6, p0 = dest, tmp3	// if dest > src && dest < src + len
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt .backward		// we have to copy backward
+
+.forward:
+	shr.u	loopcnt = len, 4 ;;	// loopcnt = len / 16
+	cmp.ne	p6, p0 = tmp4, r0	// if ((dest | src | len) & 7 != 0)
+(p6)	br.cond.sptk .next		//	goto next;
+
+// The optimal case, when dest, src and len are all multiples of 8
+
+	and	tmp3 = 0xf, len
+	mov	pr.rot = 1 << 16	// set rotating predicates
+	mov	ar.ec = MEMLAT + 1 ;;	// set the epilog counter
+	cmp.ne	p6, p0 = tmp3, r0	// do we have to copy an extra word?
+	adds	loopcnt = -1, loopcnt;;	// --loopcnt
+(p6)	ld8	value = [src], 8;;
+(p6)	st8	[dest] = value, 8	// copy the "odd" word
+	mov	ar.lc = loopcnt 	// set the loop counter
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = 8, len
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt .restore_and_exit;;// the one-word special case
+	adds	adest = 8, dest		// set adest one word ahead of dest
+	adds	asrc = 8, src ;;	// set asrc one word ahead of src
+	nop.b	0			// get the "golden" alignment for 
+	nop.b	0			// the next loop
+.l0:
+(p[0])		ld8	r[0] = [src], 16
+(p[0])		ld8	q[0] = [asrc], 16
+(p[MEMLAT])	st8	[dest] = r[MEMLAT], 16
+(p[MEMLAT])	st8	[adest] = q[MEMLAT], 16
+		br.ctop.dptk .l0 ;;
+
+	mov	ar.pfs = saved_pfs	// restore the PFS
+	mov	pr = saved_pr, -1	// restore the predicate registers
+	mov	ar.lc = saved_lc	// restore the loop counter
+	br.ret.sptk.many b0
+.next:
+	cmp.ge	p6, p0 = OP_T_THRES, len	// is len <= OP_T_THRES
+	and	loopcnt = 7, tmp2 		// loopcnt = -dest % 8
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt	.cpyfew			// copy byte by byte
+	;;
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = loopcnt, r0
+(p6)	br.cond.sptk	.dest_aligned
+	sub	len = len, loopcnt	// len -= -dest % 8
+	adds	loopcnt = -1, loopcnt	// --loopcnt
+	;;
+	mov	ar.lc = loopcnt
+.l1:					// copy -dest % 8 bytes
+	ld1	value = [src], 1	// value = *src++
+	;;
+	st1	[dest] = value, 1	// *dest++ = value  
+	br.cloop.dptk .l1	
+.dest_aligned:
+	and	sh1 = 7, src 		// sh1 = src % 8
+	and	tmp2 = -8, len   	// tmp2 = len & -OPSIZ
+	and	asrc = -8, src		// asrc = src & -OPSIZ  -- align src
+	shr.u	loopcnt = len, 3	// loopcnt = len / 8
+	and	len = 7, len;;		// len = len % 8
+	adds	loopcnt = -1, loopcnt	// --loopcnt
+	addl	tmp4 = @ltoff(.table), gp 
+	addl	tmp3 = @ltoff(.loop56), gp
+	mov     ar.ec = MEMLAT + 1	// set EC
+	mov     pr.rot = 1 << 16;;	// set rotating predicates
+	mov	ar.lc = loopcnt		// set LC
+	cmp.eq  p6, p0 = sh1, r0 	// is the src aligned?
+(p6)    br.cond.sptk .src_aligned
+	add	src = src, tmp2		// src += len & -OPSIZ
+	shl	sh1 = sh1, 3		// sh1 = 8 * (src % 8)
+	ld8	ploop56 = [tmp3]	// ploop56 = &loop56
+	ld8	ptable = [tmp4];;	// ptable = &table
+	add	tmp3 = ptable, sh1;;	// tmp3 = &table + sh1
+	mov	ar.ec = MEMLAT + 1 + 1 // one more pass needed
+	ld8	tmp4 = [tmp3];;		// tmp4 = loop offset
+	sub	loopaddr = ploop56,tmp4	// loopadd = &loop56 - loop offset
+	ld8	r[1] = [asrc], 8;;	// w0
+	mov	b6 = loopaddr;;
+	br	b6			// jump to the appropriate loop
+
+	LOOP(8)
+	LOOP(16)
+	LOOP(24)
+	LOOP(32)
+	LOOP(40)
+	LOOP(48)
+	LOOP(56)
+	
+.src_aligned:
+.l3:
+(p[0])		ld8	r[0] = [src], 8
+(p[MEMLAT])	st8	[dest] = r[MEMLAT], 8
+		br.ctop.dptk .l3
+.cpyfew:
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = len, r0	// is len == 0 ?
+	adds	len = -1, len		// --len;
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt	.restore_and_exit ;;
+	mov	ar.lc = len
+.l4:
+	ld1	value = [src], 1
+	;;
+	st1	[dest] = value, 1
+	br.cloop.dptk	.l4 ;;
+.restore_and_exit:
+	mov 	ar.pfs = saved_pfs	// restore the PFS
+	mov     pr = saved_pr, -1    	// restore the predicate registers
+	mov 	ar.lc = saved_lc	// restore the loop counter
+	br.ret.sptk.many b0
+
+// In the case of a backward copy, optimise only the case when everything
+// is a multiple of 8, otherwise copy byte by byte.  The backward copy is
+// used only when the blocks are overlapping and dest > src.
+
+.backward:
+	shr.u	loopcnt = len, 3	// loopcnt = len / 8
+	add	src = src, len		// src points one byte past the end
+	add	dest = dest, len ;; 	// dest points one byte past the end
+	mov	ar.ec = MEMLAT + 1	// set the epilog counter
+	mov	pr.rot = 1 << 16	// set rotating predicates
+	adds	loopcnt = -1, loopcnt	// --loopcnt
+	cmp.ne	p6, p0 = tmp4, r0	// if ((dest | src | len) & 7 != 0)
+(p6)	br.cond.sptk .bytecopy ;;	// copy byte by byte backward
+	adds	src = -8, src		// src points to the last word
+	adds	dest = -8, dest 	// dest points to the last word
+	mov	ar.lc = loopcnt;;	// set the loop counter
+.l5:
+(p[0])		ld8	r[0] = [src], -8
+(p[MEMLAT])	st8	[dest] = r[MEMLAT], -8
+		br.ctop.dptk .l5
+		br.cond.sptk .restore_and_exit
+.bytecopy:
+	adds	src = -1, src		// src points to the last byte
+	adds	dest = -1, dest		// dest points to the last byte
+	adds	loopcnt = -1, len;;	// loopcnt = len - 1
+	mov	ar.lc = loopcnt;;	// set the loop counter	
+.l6:
+(p[0])		ld1	r[0] = [src], -1
+(p[MEMLAT])	st1	[dest] = r[MEMLAT], -1
+		br.ctop.dptk .l6
+		br.cond.sptk .restore_and_exit
+.table:
+	data8	0			// dummy entry
+	data8 	.loop56 - .loop8
+	data8 	.loop56 - .loop16
+	data8 	.loop56 - .loop24
+	data8	.loop56 - .loop32
+	data8	.loop56 - .loop40
+	data8	.loop56 - .loop48
+	data8	.loop56 - .loop56
+
+END(memmove)
diff --git a/sysdeps/ia64/memset.S b/sysdeps/ia64/memset.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ebd9bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/ia64/memset.S
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/* Optimized version of the standard memset() function.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+   Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Contributed by Dan Pop <Dan.Pop@cern.ch>.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+   License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
+   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+/* Return: dest
+  
+   Inputs:
+        in0:    dest
+        in1:    value
+        in2:    count
+
+   The algorithm is fairly straightforward: set byte by byte until we
+   we get to a word aligned address, then set word by word as much as
+   possible; the remaining few bytes are set one by one.  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+#undef ret
+
+#define dest		in0
+#define byteval		in1
+#define	cnt		in2
+
+#define save_pfs 	loc0
+#define ptr1		loc1
+#define ptr2		loc2
+#define tmp		loc3
+#define	loopcnt		loc4
+#define save_lc		loc5
+#define wordval		loc6
+
+ENTRY(memset)
+	alloc	save_pfs = ar.pfs, 3, 7, 0, 0	
+	mov	save_lc = ar.lc
+	mov	ret0 = dest
+	and	tmp = 7, dest
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = cnt, r0
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt .restore_and_exit ;;
+	mov	ptr1 = dest
+	sub	loopcnt = 8, tmp
+	cmp.gt	p6, p0 = 16, cnt
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt .set_few;;
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = tmp, r0
+(p6)	br.cond.sptk .dest_aligned
+	sub	cnt = cnt, loopcnt
+	adds	loopcnt = -1, loopcnt;;
+	mov	ar.lc = loopcnt;;	
+.l1:
+	st1	[ptr1] = byteval, 1
+	br.cloop.dptk	.l1 ;;
+.dest_aligned:
+	adds	ptr2 = 8, ptr1
+	mux1	wordval = byteval, @brcst
+	shr.u	loopcnt = cnt, 4 ;;	// loopcnt = cnt / 16
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = loopcnt, r0
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt	.one_more
+	and	cnt = 0xf, cnt		// compute the remaining cnt
+	adds	loopcnt = -1, loopcnt;;
+	mov     ar.lc = loopcnt;;	
+.l2:
+	st8	[ptr1] = wordval, 16
+	st8	[ptr2] = wordval, 16
+	br.cloop.dptk .l2
+	cmp.le	p6, p0 = 8, cnt	;;
+.one_more:
+(p6)	st8     [ptr1] = wordval, 8
+(p6)	adds	cnt = -8, cnt ;;
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = cnt, r0
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt	.restore_and_exit
+.set_few:
+	adds	loopcnt = -1, cnt;;
+	mov	ar.lc = loopcnt;;
+.l3:	
+	st1     [ptr1] = byteval, 1
+	br.cloop.dptk   .l3 ;;	
+.restore_and_exit:
+	mov	ar.lc = save_lc
+	mov	ar.pfs = save_pfs
+	br.ret.sptk.many b0					
+END(memset)
diff --git a/sysdeps/ia64/softpipe.h b/sysdeps/ia64/softpipe.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..078e182
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/ia64/softpipe.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+   Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+   License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
+   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+/* The latency of a memory load assumed by the assembly implementation
+   of the mem and str functions.  Since we don't have any clue about
+   where the data might be, let's assume it's in the L2 cache.  
+   Assuming L3 would be too pessimistic :-)
+
+   Some functions define MEMLAT as 2, because they expect their data
+   to be in the L1D cache.  */
+
+#ifndef MEMLAT
+# define MEMLAT 6
+#endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/ia64/strcat.S b/sysdeps/ia64/strcat.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8afacb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/ia64/strcat.S
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/* IA-64 assembly version of the standard strcat() function.  
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+   Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Contributed by Dan Pop <Dan.Pop@cern.ch>.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+   License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
+   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+/* Return: dest
+
+   Inputs:
+        in0:    dest
+        in1:    src
+
+   A straightforword implementation: strcpy(dest + strlen(dest), src).
+
+   Could be marginally optimised by inlining the code of strcpy() and
+   strlen(), to avoid the two function calls.  OTOH, by not doing that,
+   we avoid L1I cache pollution (code using strcat() is likely to also
+   use strcpy() and strlen(), so we already have a copy of these functions
+   in the cache).  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+#undef ret
+
+#define src	in1
+#define dest	in0
+#define save_pfs loc0
+#define save_b0	loc1
+#define tmp	loc2
+#define rc	ret0
+
+ENTRY(strcat)
+	alloc 	save_pfs = ar.pfs, 2, 3, 2, 0
+	mov	save_b0 = b0
+	mov	out0 = dest
+	mov	tmp = gp ;;
+	br.call.sptk.many b0 = strlen# ;; // rc = strlen(dest);
+        mov	gp = tmp
+	add	out0 = dest, rc
+	mov	out1 = src
+	br.call.sptk.many b0 = strcpy# ;; // strcpy(dest + strlen(dest), src)
+	mov     gp = tmp
+	mov	rc = dest
+	mov	b0 = save_b0
+	mov	ar.pfs = save_pfs
+	br.ret.sptk.many b0
+END(strcat)
diff --git a/sysdeps/ia64/strchr.S b/sysdeps/ia64/strchr.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48cbf89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/ia64/strchr.S
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+/* Optimized version of the standard strchr() function.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+   Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Contributed by Dan Pop <Dan.Pop@cern.ch>.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+   License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
+   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+/* Return: the address of the first occurence of chr in str or NULL
+
+   Inputs:
+        in0:    str
+        in1:    chr
+
+   A modified version of memchr.S, the search ends when the character is
+   found or the terminating null character is encountered.
+
+   This implementation assumes little endian mode.  For big endian mode,
+   the instruction czx1.r should be replaced by czx1.l.  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+#undef ret
+
+#define	saved_pfs	r14
+#define saved_lc	r18
+#define poschr		r19
+#define pos0		r20
+#define val1		r21
+#define val2		r22
+#define tmp		r24
+#define chrx8		r25
+#define loopcnt		r30
+
+#define str		in0
+#define chr		in1
+
+ENTRY(strchr)
+	alloc saved_pfs = ar.pfs, 2, 0, 0, 0
+        mov 	saved_lc = ar.lc 	// save the loop counter
+	mov 	ret0 = str	
+	and 	tmp = 7, str		// tmp = str % 8
+	mux1	chrx8 = chr, @brcst
+	extr.u	chr = chr, 0, 8		// retain only the last byte
+	cmp.ne	p8, p0 = r0, r0		// clear p8
+	;;
+	sub	loopcnt = 8, tmp	// loopcnt = 8 - tmp
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = tmp, r0
+(p6)	br.cond.sptk	.str_aligned;;
+	adds	loopcnt = -1, loopcnt;;
+	mov	ar.lc = loopcnt
+.l1:
+	ld1	val2 = [ret0], 1
+	;;
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = val2, chr
+	cmp.eq	p7, p0 = val2, r0
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt	.restore_and_exit
+(p7)	br.cond.spnt	.notfound
+	br.cloop.sptk	.l1
+.str_aligned:
+	ld8	val1 = [ret0], 8;;
+	nop.b	0
+	nop.b 	0
+.l2:	
+	ld8.s	val2 = [ret0], 8	// don't bomb out here
+	czx1.r	pos0 = val1	
+	xor	tmp = val1, chrx8	// if val1 contains chr, tmp will
+	;;				// contain a zero in its position
+	czx1.r	poschr = tmp
+	cmp.ne	p6, p0 = 8, pos0
+	;;
+	cmp.ne	p7, p0 = 8, poschr
+(p7)	br.cond.spnt .foundit
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt .notfound
+	chk.s	val2, .recovery
+.back:
+	mov	val1 = val2	
+	br.cond.dptk .l2
+.foundit:
+(p6)	cmp.lt	p8, p0 = pos0, poschr	// we found chr and null in the word
+(p8)	br.cond.spnt .notfound		// null was found before chr
+	add	ret0 = ret0, poschr ;;
+	adds	ret0 = -15, ret0 ;;	// should be -16, but we decrement
+.restore_and_exit:			// ret0 in the next instruction
+	adds	ret0 = -1, ret0		// ret0 was pointing 1 char too far
+	mov 	ar.pfs = saved_pfs	// restore the PFS
+	mov 	ar.lc = saved_lc	// restore the loop counter
+	br.ret.sptk.many b0
+.notfound:
+	mov	ret0 = r0		// return NULL if null was found
+	mov 	ar.pfs = saved_pfs	// first
+	mov 	ar.lc = saved_lc
+	br.ret.sptk.many b0
+.recovery:
+	adds	ret0 = -8, ret0;;
+	ld8	val2 = [ret0], 8	// bomb out here
+	br.cond.sptk	.back
+END(strchr)
+
+weak_alias(strchr, index)
diff --git a/sysdeps/ia64/strcmp.S b/sysdeps/ia64/strcmp.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..164dd1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/ia64/strcmp.S
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/* Optimized version of the standard strcmp() function.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+   Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Contributed by Dan Pop <Dan.Pop@cern.ch>.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+   License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
+   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+/* Return: the result of the comparison
+
+   Inputs:
+        in0:    s1
+        in1:    s2
+
+   Unlike memcmp(), this function is optimized for mismatches within the
+   first few characters.  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+#undef ret
+
+#define s1		in0
+#define s2		in1
+
+#define saved_pfs	r14
+#define val1		r15
+#define val2		r16
+
+
+ENTRY(strcmp)
+	alloc	saved_pfs = ar.pfs, 2, 0, 0, 0
+.loop:
+	ld1	val1 = [s1], 1
+	ld1	val2 = [s2], 1
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = r0, r0		// set p6
+	;;
+	cmp.ne.and p6, p0 = val1, r0
+	cmp.ne.and p6, p0 = val2, r0
+	cmp.eq.and p6, p0 = val1, val2
+(p6)	br.cond.sptk .loop
+	sub	ret0 = val1, val2
+	mov	ar.pfs = saved_pfs
+	br.ret.sptk.many b0
+END(strcmp)
diff --git a/sysdeps/ia64/strcpy.S b/sysdeps/ia64/strcpy.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1250ede
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/ia64/strcpy.S
@@ -0,0 +1,142 @@
+/* Optimized version of the standard strcpy() function.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+   Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Contributed by Dan Pop <Dan.Pop@cern.ch>.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+   License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
+   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+/* Return: dest
+
+   Inputs:
+        in0:    dest
+        in1:    src
+
+   In this form, it assumes little endian mode.  For big endian mode, the
+   the two shifts in .l2 must be inverted:
+
+	shl   	value = r[1], sh1   	// value = w0 << sh1
+	shr.u   tmp = r[0], sh2   	// tmp = w1 >> sh2
+ */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+#undef ret
+
+#define saved_pfs	r14
+#define saved_lc	r15
+#define saved_pr	r16
+#define thresh		r17
+#define dest		r19
+#define src		r20
+#define len		r21
+#define asrc		r22
+#define tmp		r23
+#define pos		r24
+#define w0		r25
+#define w1		r26
+#define c		r27
+#define sh2		r28
+#define	sh1		r29
+#define loopcnt		r30
+#define	value		r31
+
+ENTRY(strcpy)
+	alloc 	saved_pfs = ar.pfs, 2, 0, 30, 32
+
+#define MEMLAT 2
+	.rotr	r[MEMLAT + 2]
+	.rotp	p[MEMLAT + 1]
+
+	mov	ret0 = in0		// return value = dest
+	mov	saved_pr = pr           // save the predicate registers
+        mov 	saved_lc = ar.lc	// save the loop counter
+	sub	tmp = r0, in0 ;;	// tmp = -dest
+	mov 	dest = in0		// dest
+	mov 	src = in1		// src
+	and	loopcnt = 7, tmp ;;	// loopcnt = -dest % 8
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = loopcnt, r0
+	adds	loopcnt = -1, loopcnt	// --loopcnt
+(p6)	br.cond.sptk .dest_aligned ;;
+	mov	ar.lc = loopcnt
+.l1:					// copy -dest % 8 bytes
+	ld1	c = [src], 1		// c = *src++
+	;;
+	st1	[dest] = c, 1		// *dest++ = c  
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = c, r0
+(p6)	br.cond.dpnt .restore_and_exit
+	br.cloop.dptk .l1 ;;	
+.dest_aligned:
+	and	sh1 = 7, src 		// sh1 = src % 8
+	mov	ar.lc = -1		// "infinite" loop
+	and	asrc = -8, src ;;	// asrc = src & -OPSIZ  -- align src
+	sub	thresh = 8, sh1
+	mov	pr.rot = 1 << 16	// set rotating predicates
+	cmp.ne	p7, p0 = r0, r0		// clear p7
+	shl	sh1 = sh1, 3 ;;		// sh1 = 8 * (src % 8)
+	sub	sh2 = 64, sh1		// sh2 = 64 - sh1
+	cmp.eq  p6, p0 = sh1, r0 	// is the src aligned?
+(p6)    br.cond.sptk .src_aligned ;;
+	ld8	r[1] = [asrc],8 ;;
+	
+	.align	32
+.l2:					
+	ld8.s	r[0] = [asrc], 8		
+	shr.u	value = r[1], sh1 ;; 	// value = w0 >> sh1
+	czx1.r	pos = value ;;		// do we have an "early" zero
+	cmp.lt	p7, p0 = pos, thresh	// in w0 >> sh1?
+(p7)	br.cond.dpnt .found0
+	chk.s	r[0], .recovery2	// it is safe to do that only
+.back2:					// after the previous test
+	shl	tmp = r[0], sh2  	// tmp = w1 << sh2
+	;;
+	or	value = value, tmp ;;	// value |= tmp
+	czx1.r	pos = value ;;
+	cmp.ne	p7, p0 = 8, pos
+(p7)	br.cond.dpnt .found0
+	st8	[dest] = value, 8	// store val to dest
+	br.ctop.dptk    .l2 ;;
+.src_aligned:
+.l3:
+(p[0])		ld8.s	r[0] = [src], 8
+(p[MEMLAT])	chk.s	r[MEMLAT], .recovery3
+.back3:
+(p[MEMLAT])	mov	value = r[MEMLAT] 
+(p[MEMLAT])	czx1.r	pos = r[MEMLAT] ;;
+(p[MEMLAT])	cmp.ne	p7, p0 = 8, pos
+(p7)		br.cond.dpnt .found0
+(p[MEMLAT])	st8	[dest] = r[MEMLAT], 8
+		br.ctop.dptk .l3 ;;
+.found0:
+	mov	ar.lc = pos
+.l4:
+	extr.u	c = value, 0, 8		// c = value & 0xff
+	shr.u	value = value, 8
+	;;
+	st1	[dest] = c, 1
+	br.cloop.dptk	.l4 ;;
+.restore_and_exit:
+	mov 	ar.pfs = saved_pfs	// restore the PFS
+	mov 	ar.lc = saved_lc	// restore the loop counter
+	mov	pr = saved_pr, -1	// restore the predicate registers
+	br.ret.sptk.many b0
+.recovery2:
+	add	tmp = -8, asrc ;;
+	ld8	r[MEMLAT] = [tmp]
+	br.cond.sptk .back2
+.recovery3:
+	add	tmp = -(MEMLAT + 1) * 8, src ;;
+	ld8	r[MEMLAT] = [tmp]
+	br.cond.sptk .back3
+END(strcpy)
diff --git a/sysdeps/ia64/strlen.S b/sysdeps/ia64/strlen.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32079f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/ia64/strlen.S
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/* Optimized version of the standard strlen() function.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+   Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Contributed by Dan Pop <Dan.Pop@cern.ch>.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+   License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
+   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+/* Return: the length of the input string
+
+   Input:
+        in0:    str
+
+   Look for the null character byte by byte, until we reach a word aligned
+   address, then search word by word, using the czx instruction.  We're
+   also doing one word of read ahead, which could cause problems if the
+   null character is on the last word of a page and the next page is not
+   mapped in the process address space.  Hence the use of the speculative
+   load.
+
+   This implementation assumes little endian mode.  For big endian mode,
+   the instruction czx1.r should be replaced by czx1.l.  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+#undef ret
+
+#define	saved_pfs	r14
+#define saved_lc	r18
+#define str		r19
+#define pos0		r20
+#define val1		r21
+#define val2		r22
+#define origadd		r23
+#define tmp		r24
+#define loopcnt		r30
+#define len		ret0
+
+ENTRY(strlen)
+	alloc saved_pfs = ar.pfs, 1, 0, 0, 0
+        mov 	saved_lc = ar.lc 	// save the loop counter
+	mov 	str = in0	
+	mov 	len = r0		// len = 0
+	and 	tmp = 7, in0		// tmp = str % 8
+	;;
+	sub	loopcnt = 8, tmp	// loopcnt = 8 - tmp
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = tmp, r0
+(p6)	br.cond.sptk	.str_aligned;;
+	adds	loopcnt = -1, loopcnt;;
+	mov	ar.lc = loopcnt
+.l1:
+	ld1	val2 = [str], 1
+	;;
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = val2, r0
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt	.restore_and_exit
+	adds	len = 1, len
+	br.cloop.dptk	.l1
+.str_aligned:
+	mov	origadd = str		// origadd = orig
+	ld8	val1 = [str], 8;;
+	nop.b	0
+	nop.b 	0
+l2:	ld8.s	val2 = [str], 8		// don't bomb out here
+	czx1.r	pos0 = val1	
+	;;
+	cmp.ne	p6, p0 = 8, pos0
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt .foundit
+	chk.s	val2, .recovery
+.back:
+	mov	val1 = val2	
+	br.cond.dptk l2
+.foundit:
+	sub	tmp = str, origadd	// tmp = crt address - orig
+	add	len = len, pos0;;
+	add	len = len, tmp;;
+	adds	len = -16, len
+.restore_and_exit:
+	mov ar.pfs = saved_pfs		// restore the PFS
+	mov ar.lc = saved_lc		// restore the loop counter
+	br.ret.sptk.many b0
+.recovery:
+	adds	str = -8, str;;
+	ld8	val2 = [str], 8		// bomb out here
+	br.cond.sptk	.back
+END(strlen)
diff --git a/sysdeps/ia64/strncmp.S b/sysdeps/ia64/strncmp.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d24bcdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/ia64/strncmp.S
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/* Optimized version of the standard strncmp() function.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+   Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Contributed by Dan Pop <Dan.Pop@cern.ch>.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+   License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
+   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+/* Return: the result of the comparison
+
+   Inputs:
+        in0:    s1
+        in1:    s2
+  	in2:	n
+
+   Unlike memcmp(), this function is optimized for mismatches within the
+   first few characters.  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+#undef ret
+
+#define s1		in0
+#define s2		in1
+#define n		in2
+
+#define saved_pfs	r14
+#define val1		r15
+#define val2		r16
+
+
+ENTRY(strncmp)
+	alloc	saved_pfs = ar.pfs, 3, 0, 0, 0
+	mov	ret0 = r0
+	cmp.eq  p6, p0 = r0, r0		// set p6
+	cmp.eq	p7, p0 = n, r0		// return immediately if n == 0
+(p7)	br.cond.spnt .restore_and_exit ;;
+.loop:
+	ld1	val1 = [s1], 1
+	ld1	val2 = [s2], 1
+	adds	n = -1, n		// n--
+	;;
+	cmp.ne.and p6, p0 = val1, r0
+	cmp.ne.and p6, p0 = val2, r0
+	cmp.ne.and p6, p0 = n, r0
+	cmp.eq.and p6, p0 = val1, val2
+(p6)	br.cond.sptk .loop
+	sub	ret0 = val1, val2
+.restore_and_exit:
+	mov	ar.pfs = saved_pfs
+	br.ret.sptk.many b0
+END(strncmp)	
diff --git a/sysdeps/ia64/strncpy.S b/sysdeps/ia64/strncpy.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96f19c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/ia64/strncpy.S
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/* Optimized version of the standard strncpy() function.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+   Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Contributed by Dan Pop <Dan.Pop@cern.ch>.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+   License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not,
+   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+/* Return: dest
+
+   Inputs:
+        in0:    dest
+        in1:    src
+        in2:    char count
+
+   If n >= 24, do a memcpy(dest, src, min(strlen(src)+1, n)), followed by a
+   memset(dest + strlen(src), 0, n - strlen(src) - 1) if necessary.
+
+   Otherwise, copy characters one by one and fill with nulls if necessary.  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+#undef ret
+
+#define saved_pfs	loc0
+#define saved_b0	loc1
+#define saved_pr	loc2
+#define saved_lc	loc3
+#define tmp		loc4
+#define len		loc5
+
+#define dest		in0
+#define src		in1
+#define n		in2
+
+#define rc		ret0
+
+ENTRY(strncpy)
+	alloc 	saved_pfs = ar.pfs, 3, 6, 3, 0
+	mov	saved_b0 = b0
+	mov	saved_pr = pr
+	mov	saved_lc = ar.lc
+	cmp.gtu	p6, p0 = 24, n
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt .cpyfew
+	mov	out0 = src
+	mov     tmp = gp ;;
+	br.call.sptk.many b0 = strlen# ;; 	// rc = strlen(src);
+	add	len = 1, rc			// include the null in len
+        mov	gp = tmp
+	mov	out0 = dest ;;
+	cmp.ltu	p4, p5 = len, n
+	mov	out1 = src ;;
+(p4)	mov	out2 = len
+(p5)	mov	out2 = n
+	br.call.sptk.many b0 = memcpy# ;;	// memcpy(dest, src, min(len, n));
+	mov     gp = tmp
+(p4)	add	out0 = dest, len
+(p4)	mov	out1 = r0
+(p4)	sub	out2 = n, len
+(p4)	br.call.sptk.many b0 = memset# ;;	// fill the rest with nulls
+(p4)	mov	gp = tmp
+	mov	rc = dest
+	mov	b0 = saved_b0
+	mov	ar.pfs = saved_pfs
+	mov	pr = saved_pr, -1
+	br.ret.sptk.many b0
+.cpyfew:
+	mov	rc = dest
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = n, r0		
+	adds	n = -1, n
+(p6)	br.cond.spnt .restore_and_exit ;;	// do nothing if n == 0
+	mov	ar.lc = n
+	cmp.eq	p6, p0 = r0, r0	;;		// set p6
+.loop:
+(p6)	ld1	tmp = [src],1 
+	;;
+	st1	[dest] = tmp, 1
+(p6)	cmp.ne	p6, p0 = tmp, r0	// clear p6 after encountering the
+	br.cloop.dptk .loop ;;		// null character in src
+.restore_and_exit:
+	mov	ar.lc = saved_lc
+	mov	ar.pfs = saved_pfs
+	br.ret.sptk.many b0
+END(strncpy)