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Re: graphics/jpeg Vs graphics/libjpeg-turbo



On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 01:22:46AM +1300, david.sainty%dtsp.co.nz@localhost 
wrote:
> graphics/libjpeg-turbo is a drop-in replacement for graphics/jpeg,
> with the difference that it is significantly faster (claiming 2-4x)
> than graphics/jpeg on Intel-like platforms through using MMX, SSE and
> SSE2 SIMD instructions.

Does it actually replace anything but the core DCT implementation? If
not, it shouldn't be too hard to merge that into the main version and
just conditionalize the usage with than option.

Joerg


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