All Alpha CPUs have hardware integer multiply (MULL/MULQ). EV4 and EV5
implement it in microcode; EV56 and later have fast single-cycle
multiply. Since no EV4 system is likely to run a modern kernel, select
this unconditionally to enable multiply-based fast paths in hweight and
string routines.
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-6
Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>
---
arch/alpha/Kconfig | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/arch/alpha/Kconfig b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
index d039b7135d18..2672971b83f3 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ config ALPHA
select ARCH_32BIT_USTAT_F_TINODE
select ARCH_HAS_CURRENT_STACK_POINTER
select ARCH_HAS_DMA_OPS if PCI
+ select ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER
select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN
select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT
--
2.54.0