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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/alpha/Makefile14
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/alpha/bzero.S113
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/alpha/memset.S130
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/alpha/stpcpy.S49
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/alpha/stpncpy.S103
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/alpha/strcat.S66
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/alpha/strchr.S88
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/alpha/strcpy.S36
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/alpha/strncat.S90
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/alpha/strncpy.S85
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/alpha/strrchr.S104
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/alpha/stxcpy.S307
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/alpha/stxncpy.S350
13 files changed, 1530 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/alpha/Makefile b/sysdeps/alpha/Makefile
index 6aaedea6fb..45babb6c1c 100644
--- a/sysdeps/alpha/Makefile
+++ b/sysdeps/alpha/Makefile
@@ -21,17 +21,21 @@ sysdep_routines += _mcount
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(subdir),setjmp)
-sysdep_routines := $(sysdep_routines) setjmp_aux
+sysdep_routines += setjmp_aux
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(subdir),gnulib)
-routines = $(divrem)
-endif	# gnulib
+sysdep_routines += $(divrem)
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(subdir),string)
+sysdep_routines += stxcpy stxncpy
+endif
 
 ifeq ($(subdir),elf)
-# The ld.so code cannot use literals until it self-relocates.
+# The ld.so startup code cannot use literals until it self-relocates.
  ifeq ($(elf),yes)
-CFLAGS-rtld.c = -mbuild-constants
+  CFLAGS-rtld.c = -mbuild-constants
  endif
 # The rest of ld.so shouldn't use FP regs for block moves so
 # that the lazy link trampoline doesn't have to save them.
diff --git a/sysdeps/alpha/bzero.S b/sysdeps/alpha/bzero.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fffa53d7f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/alpha/bzero.S
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Contributed by Richard Henderson (rth@tamu.edu)
+
+This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+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., 675 Mass Ave,
+Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
+
+/* Fill a block of memory with zeros.  Optimized for the Alpha architecture:
+
+   - memory accessed as aligned quadwords only
+   - destination memory not read unless needed for good cache behaviour
+   - basic blocks arranged to optimize branch prediction for full-quadword
+     aligned memory blocks.
+   - partial head and tail quadwords constructed with byte-mask instructions
+
+   This is generally scheduled for the EV5 (got to look out for my own
+   interests :-), but with EV4 needs in mind.  There *should* be no more
+   stalls for the EV4 than there are for the EV5.
+*/
+
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+
+	.set noat
+	.set noreorder
+
+	.text
+
+/* There is a problem with either gdb (as of 4.16) or gas (as of 2.7) that
+   doesn't like putting the entry point for a procedure somewhere in the
+   middle of the procedure descriptor.  Work around this by putting the main
+   loop in its own procedure descriptor.  */
+
+	/* On entry to this basic block:
+	   t3 == loop counter
+	   t4 == bytes in partial final word
+	   a0 == possibly misaligned destination pointer  */
+
+	.ent bzero_loop
+	.align 3
+bzero_loop:
+	.frame sp, 0, ra, 0
+	.prologue 0
+
+	beq	t3, $tail	#
+	blbc	t3, 0f		# skip single store if count even
+
+	stq_u	zero, 0(a0)	# e0    : store one word
+	subq	t3, 1, t3	# .. e1 :
+	addq	a0, 8, a0	# e0    :
+	beq	t3, $tail	# .. e1 :
+
+0:	stq_u	zero, 0(a0)	# e0    : store two words
+	subq	t3, 2, t3	# .. e1 :
+	stq_u	zero, 8(a0)	# e0    :
+	addq	a0, 16, a0	# .. e1 :
+	bne	t3, 0b		# e1    :
+
+$tail:	bne	t4, 1f		# is there a tail to do?
+	ret			# no
+
+1:	ldq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# yes, load original data
+	mskqh	t0, t4, t0	#
+	stq_u	t0, 0(a0)	#
+	ret			#
+
+	.end bzero_loop
+
+ENTRY(bzero)
+	.prologue 0
+
+	mov	a0, v0		# e0    : move return value in place
+	beq	a1, $done	# .. e1 : early exit for zero-length store
+	and	a0, 7, t1	# e0    :
+	addq	a1, t1, a1	# e1    : add dest misalignment to count
+	srl	a1, 3, t3	# e0    : loop = count >> 3
+	and	a1, 7, t4	# .. e1 : find number of bytes in tail
+	unop			#       :
+	beq	t1, bzero_loop	# e1    : aligned head, jump right in
+
+	ldq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e0    : load original data to mask into
+	cmpult	a1, 8, t2	# .. e1 : is this a sub-word set?
+	bne	t2, $oneq	# e1    :
+
+	mskql	t0, a0, t0	# e0    : we span words.  finish this partial
+	subq	t3, 1, t3	# e0    :
+	addq	a0, 8, a0	# .. e1 :
+	stq_u	t0, -8(a0)	# e0    :
+	br 	bzero_loop	# .. e1 :
+
+	.align 3
+$oneq:
+	mskql	t0, a0, t2	# e0    :
+	mskqh	t0, a1, t3	# e0    :
+	or	t2, t3, t0	# e1    :
+	stq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e0    :
+
+$done:	ret
+
+	END(bzero)
diff --git a/sysdeps/alpha/memset.S b/sysdeps/alpha/memset.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55271f00ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/alpha/memset.S
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Contributed by Richard Henderson (rth@tamu.edu)
+
+This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+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., 675 Mass Ave,
+Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
+
+/* Fill a block of memory with a character.  Optimized for the Alpha
+   architecture:
+
+   - memory accessed as aligned quadwords only
+   - destination memory not read unless needed for good cache behaviour
+   - basic blocks arranged to optimize branch prediction for full-quadword
+     aligned memory blocks.
+   - partial head and tail quadwords constructed with byte-mask instructions
+
+   This is generally scheduled for the EV5 (got to look out for my own
+   interests :-), but with EV4 needs in mind.  There *should* be no more
+   stalls for the EV4 than there are for the EV5.
+*/
+
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+
+	.set noat
+	.set noreorder
+
+	.text
+
+/* There is a problem with either gdb (as of 4.16) or gas (as of 2.7) that
+   doesn't like putting the entry point for a procedure somewhere in the
+   middle of the procedure descriptor.  Work around this by putting the main
+   loop in its own procedure descriptor.  */
+
+	/* On entry to this basic block:
+	   t3 == loop counter
+	   t4 == bytes in partial final word
+	   a0 == possibly misaligned destination pointer
+	   a1 == replicated source character  */
+
+	.ent memset_loop
+	.align 3
+memset_loop:
+	.frame sp, 0, ra, 0
+	.prologue 0
+
+	beq	t3, $tail
+	blbc	t3, 0f		# skip single store if count even
+
+	stq_u	a1, 0(a0)	# e0    : store one word
+	subq	t3, 1, t3	# .. e1 :
+	addq	a0, 8, a0	# e0    :
+	beq	t3, $tail	# .. e1 :
+
+0:	stq_u	a1, 0(a0)	# e0    : store two words
+	subq	t3, 2, t3	# .. e1 :
+	stq_u	a1, 8(a0)	# e0    :
+	addq	a0, 16, a0	# .. e1 :
+	bne	t3, 0b		# e1    :
+
+$tail:	bne	t4, 1f		# is there a tail to do?
+	ret			# no
+
+	.align 3
+1:	ldq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e1    : yes, load original data
+	mskql	a1, t4, t1	# .. e0 :
+	mskqh	t0, t4, t0	# e0    :
+	or	t0, t1, t0	# e1 (stall)
+	stq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e0    :
+	ret			# .. e1 :
+
+	.end memset_loop
+
+ENTRY(memset)
+	.prologue 0
+
+	zapnot	a1, 1, a1	# e0    : zero extend input character
+	mov	a0, v0		# .. e1 : move return value in place
+	sll	a1, 8, t0	# e0    : begin replicating the char
+	beq	a2, $done	# .. e1 : early exit for zero-length store
+	or	t0, a1, a1	# e0    :
+	and	a0, 7, t1	# .. e1 : dest misalignment
+	sll	a1, 16, t0	# e0    :
+	addq	a2, t1, a2	# .. e1 : add dest misalignment to count
+	or	t0, a1, a1	# e0    :
+	srl	a2, 3, t3	# .. e1 : loop = count >> 3
+	sll	a1, 32, t0	# e0    :
+	and	a2, 7, t4	# .. e1 : find number of bytes in tail
+	or	t0, a1, a1	# e0    : character replication done
+
+	beq	t1, memset_loop	# .. e1 : aligned head, jump right in
+
+	ldq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e1    : load original data to mask into
+	mskqh	a1, a0, t1	# .. e0 :
+
+	cmpult	a2, 8, t2	# e0    : is this a sub-word set?
+	bne	t2, $oneq	# .. e1 (zdb)
+
+	mskql	t0, a0, t0	# e0    : we span words.  finish this partial
+	subq	t3, 1, t3	# .. e1 :
+	addq	a0, 8, a0	# e0    :
+	or	t0, t1, t0	# .. e1 :
+	stq_u	t0, -8(a0)	# e0    :
+	br 	memset_loop	# .. e1 :
+
+	.align 3
+$oneq:
+	mskql	t1, a2, t1	# e0    : entire operation within one word
+	mskql	t0, a0, t2	# e0    :
+	mskqh	t0, a2, t3	# e0    :
+	or	t1, t2, t0	# .. e1 :
+	or	t0, t3, t0	# e1    :
+	stq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e0 (stall)
+
+$done:	ret
+
+	END(memset)
diff --git a/sysdeps/alpha/stpcpy.S b/sysdeps/alpha/stpcpy.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0dc44d353a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/alpha/stpcpy.S
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Contributed by Richard Henderson (rth@tamu.edu)
+
+This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+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., 675 Mass Ave,
+Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
+
+/* Copy a null-terminated string from SRC to DST.  Return a pointer
+   to the null-terminator in the source.  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+
+	.text
+
+ENTRY(__stpcpy)
+	ldgp	gp, 0(pv)
+	.prologue 1
+
+	jsr	t9, __stxcpy	# do the work of the copy
+
+	and	t8, 0xf0, t2	# binary search for byte offset of the
+	and	t8, 0xcc, t1	# last byte written.
+	and	t8, 0xaa, t0
+	andnot	a0, 7, a0
+	cmovne	t2, 4, t2
+	cmovne	t1, 2, t1
+	cmovne	t0, 1, t0
+	addq	a0, t2, v0
+	addq	t0, t1, t0
+	addq	v0, t0, v0
+
+	ret
+
+	END(__stpcpy)
+
+weak_alias (__stpcpy, stpcpy)
diff --git a/sysdeps/alpha/stpncpy.S b/sysdeps/alpha/stpncpy.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50cda2672e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/alpha/stpncpy.S
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Contributed by Richard Henderson (rth@tamu.edu)
+
+This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+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., 675 Mass Ave,
+Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
+
+/* Copy no more than COUNT bytes of the null-terminated string from 
+   SRC to DST.  If SRC does not cover all of COUNT, the balance is
+   zeroed.  Return the address of the terminating null in DEST, if
+   any, else DEST + COUNT.  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+
+	.set noat
+	.set noreorder
+
+	.text
+
+ENTRY(__stpncpy)
+	ldgp	gp, 0(pv)
+	.prologue 1
+	
+	beq	a2, $zerocount
+	jsr	t9, __stxncpy	# do the work of the copy
+
+	and	t8, 0xf0, t3	# binary search for byte offset of the
+	and	t8, 0xcc, t2	# last byte written.
+	and	t8, 0xaa, t1
+	andnot	a0, 7, v0
+	cmovne	t3, 4, t3
+	cmovne	t2, 2, t2
+	cmovne	t1, 1, t1
+	addq	v0, t3, v0
+	addq	t1, t2, t1
+	addq	v0, t1, v0
+
+	bne	a2, $multiword	# do we have full words left?
+
+	.align 3
+	zapnot	t0, t8, t4	# e0    : was last byte a null?
+	subq	t8, 1, t2	# .. e1 :
+	addq	v0, 1, t5	# e0    :
+	subq	t10, 1, t3	# .. e1 :
+	or	t2, t8, t2	# e0    : clear the bits between the last
+	or	t3, t10, t3	# .. e1 : written byte and the last byte in
+	andnot	t3, t2, t3	# e0    : COUNT
+	cmovne	t4, t5, v0	# .. e1 : if last written wasnt null, inc v0
+	zap	t0, t3, t0	# e0    :
+	stq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e1    :
+	ret			# .. e1 :
+
+	.align 3
+$multiword:
+	subq	t8, 1, t7	# e0    : clear the final bits in the prev
+	or	t7, t8, t7	# e1    : word
+	zapnot	t0, t7, t0	# e0    :
+	subq	a2, 1, a2	# .. e1 :
+	stq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e0    :
+	addq	a0, 8, a0	# .. e1 :
+
+	beq	a2, 1f		# e1    :
+	blbc	a2, 0f		# e1    :
+
+	stq_u	zero, 0(a0)	# e0    : zero one word
+	subq	a2, 1, a2	# .. e1 :
+	addq	a0, 8, a0	# e0    :
+	beq	a2, 1f		# .. e1 :
+
+0:	stq_u	zero, 0(a0)	# e0    : zero two words
+	subq	a2, 2, a2	# .. e1 :
+	stq_u	zero, 8(a0)	# e0    :
+	addq	a0, 16, a0	# .. e1 :
+	bne	a2, 0b		# e1    :
+	unop
+
+1:	ldq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e0    : clear the leading bits in the final
+	subq	t10, 1, t7	# .. e1 : word
+	or	t7, t10, t7	# e0    :
+	zap	t0, t7, t0	# e1 (stall)
+	stq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e0    :
+	ret			# .. e1 :
+
+$zerocount:
+	mov	a0, v0
+	ret
+
+	END(__stpncpy)
+
+weak_alias (__stpncpy, stpncpy)
diff --git a/sysdeps/alpha/strcat.S b/sysdeps/alpha/strcat.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d3afff3c5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/alpha/strcat.S
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Contributed by Richard Henderson (rth@tamu.edu)
+
+This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+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., 675 Mass Ave,
+Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
+
+/* Append a null-terminated string from SRC to DST.  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+
+	.text
+
+ENTRY(strcat)
+	ldgp	gp, 0(pv)
+	.prologue 1
+
+	mov	a0, v0		# set up return value
+
+	/* Find the end of the string.  */
+
+	ldq_u   t0, 0(a0)	# load first quadword (a0 may be misaligned)
+	lda     t1, -1(zero)
+	insqh   t1, a0, t1
+	andnot  a0, 7, a0
+	or      t1, t0, t0
+	cmpbge  zero, t0, t1	# t1 <- bitmask: bit i == 1 <==> i-th byte == 0
+	bne     t1, $found
+
+$loop:	ldq     t0, 8(a0)
+	addq    a0, 8, a0	# addr += 8
+	cmpbge  zero, t0, t1
+	beq     t1, $loop
+
+$found:	negq    t1, t2		# clear all but least set bit
+	and     t1, t2, t1
+
+	and     t1, 0xf0, t2	# binary search for that set bit
+	and	t1, 0xcc, t3
+	and	t1, 0xaa, t4
+	cmovne	t2, 4, t2
+	cmovne	t3, 2, t3
+	cmovne	t4, 1, t4
+	addq	t2, t3, t2
+	addq	a0, t4, a0
+	addq	a0, t2, a0
+
+	/* Now do the append.  */
+	
+	jsr	t9, __stxcpy
+	ret
+
+	END(strcat)
diff --git a/sysdeps/alpha/strchr.S b/sysdeps/alpha/strchr.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c26a8431d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/alpha/strchr.S
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Contributed by Richard Henderson (rth@tamu.edu)
+
+This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+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., 675 Mass Ave,
+Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
+
+/* Return the address of a given character within a null-terminated
+   string, or null if it is not found. 
+
+   This is generally scheduled for the EV5 (got to look out for my own
+   interests :-), but with EV4 needs in mind.  There *should* be no more
+   stalls for the EV4 than there are for the EV5.
+*/
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+
+	.set noreorder
+	.set noat
+
+ENTRY(strchr)
+	.prologue 0
+
+	zapnot	a1, 1, a1	# e0    : zero extend the search character
+	ldq_u   t0, 0(a0)	# .. e1 : load first quadword
+	sll	a1, 8, t5	# e0    : replicate the search character
+	andnot  a0, 7, v0	# .. e1 : align our loop pointer
+	or	t5, a1, a1	# e0    :
+	lda	t4, -1		# .. e1 : build garbage mask
+	sll	a1, 16, t5	# e0    :
+	cmpbge  zero, t0, t2	# .. e1 : bits set iff byte == zero
+	mskqh	t4, a0, t4	# e0    :
+	or	t5, a1, a1	# .. e1 :
+	sll	a1, 32, t5	# e0    :
+	cmpbge	zero, t4, t4	# .. e1 : bits set iff byte is garbage
+	or	t5, a1, a1	# e0    :
+	xor	t0, a1, t1	# .. e1 : make bytes == c zero
+	cmpbge  zero, t1, t3	# e0    : bits set iff byte == c
+	or	t2, t3, t0	# e1    : bits set iff char match or zero match
+	andnot	t0, t4, t0	# e0    : clear garbage bits
+	bne	t0, $found	# .. e1 (zdb)
+
+$loop:	ldq	t0, 8(v0)	# e0    :
+	addq	v0, 8, v0	# .. e1 :
+	nop			# e0    :
+	xor	t0, a1, t1	# .. e1 (ev5 data stall)
+	cmpbge	zero, t0, t2	# e0    : bits set iff byte == 0
+	cmpbge	zero, t1, t3	# .. e1 : bits set iff byte == c
+	or	t2, t3, t0	# e0    :
+	beq	t0, $loop	# .. e1 (zdb)
+
+$found:	negq    t0, t1		# e0    : clear all but least set bit
+	and     t0, t1, t0	# e1 (stall)
+
+	and	t0, t3, t1	# e0    : bit set iff byte was the char
+	beq	t1, $retnull	# .. e1 (zdb)
+
+	and     t0, 0xf0, t2	# e0    : binary search for that set bit
+	and	t0, 0xcc, t3	# .. e1 :
+	and	t0, 0xaa, t4	# e0    :
+	cmovne	t2, 4, t2	# .. e1 :
+	cmovne	t3, 2, t3	# e0    :
+	cmovne	t4, 1, t4	# .. e1 :
+	addq	t2, t3, t2	# e0    :
+	addq	v0, t4, v0	# .. e1 :
+	addq	v0, t2, v0	# e0    :
+	ret			# .. e1 :
+
+$retnull:
+	mov	zero, v0	# e0    :
+	ret			# .. e1 :
+
+	END(strchr)
+
+weak_alias (strchr, index)
diff --git a/sysdeps/alpha/strcpy.S b/sysdeps/alpha/strcpy.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2975181919
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/alpha/strcpy.S
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Contributed by Richard Henderson (rth@tamu.edu)
+
+This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+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., 675 Mass Ave,
+Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
+
+/* Copy a null-terminated string from SRC to DST.  Return a pointer
+   to the null-terminator in the source.  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+
+	.text
+
+ENTRY(strcpy)
+	ldgp	gp, 0(pv)
+	.prologue 1
+
+	mov	a0, v0		# set up return value
+	jsr	t9, __stxcpy	# do the copy
+	ret
+
+	END(strcpy)
diff --git a/sysdeps/alpha/strncat.S b/sysdeps/alpha/strncat.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d502037ace
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/alpha/strncat.S
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Contributed by Richard Henderson (rth@tamu.edu)
+
+This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+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., 675 Mass Ave,
+Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
+
+/* Append no more than COUNT characters from the null-terminated string SRC
+   to the null-terminated string DST.  Always null-terminate the new DST.  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+
+	.text
+
+ENTRY(strncat)
+	ldgp	gp, 0(pv)
+	.prologue 1
+
+	mov	a0, v0		# set up return value
+	beq	a2, $zerocount
+
+	/* Find the end of the string.  */
+
+	ldq_u   t0, 0(a0)	# load first quadword (a0 may be misaligned)
+	lda     t1, -1(zero)
+	insqh   t1, a0, t1
+	andnot  a0, 7, a0
+	or      t1, t0, t0
+	cmpbge  zero, t0, t1	# t1 <- bitmask: bit i == 1 <==> i-th byte == 0
+	bne     t1, $found
+
+$loop:	ldq     t0, 8(a0)
+	addq    a0, 8, a0	# addr += 8
+	cmpbge  zero, t0, t1
+	beq     t1, $loop
+
+$found:	negq    t1, t2		# clear all but least set bit
+	and     t1, t2, t1
+
+	and     t1, 0xf0, t2	# binary search for that set bit
+	and	t1, 0xcc, t3
+	and	t1, 0xaa, t4
+	cmovne	t2, 4, t2
+	cmovne	t3, 2, t3
+	cmovne	t4, 1, t4
+	addq	t2, t3, t2
+	addq	a0, t4, a0
+	addq	a0, t2, a0
+
+	/* Now do the append.  */
+
+	jsr	t9, __stxncpy
+
+	/* Worry about the null termination.  */
+
+	zapnot	t0, t8, t1	# was last byte a null?
+	bne	t1, 0f
+	ret
+
+0:	and	t10, 0x80, t1
+	bne	t1, 1f
+
+	/* Here there are bytes left in the current word.  Clear one.  */
+	addq	t10, t10, t10	# end-of-count bit <<= 1
+	zap	t0, t10, t0
+	stq_u	t0, 0(a0)
+	ret
+
+1:	/* Here we must read the next DST word and clear the first byte.  */
+	ldq_u	t0, 8(a0)
+	zap	t0, 1, t0
+	stq_u	t0, 8(a0)
+
+$zerocount:
+	ret
+
+	END(strncat)
diff --git a/sysdeps/alpha/strncpy.S b/sysdeps/alpha/strncpy.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e13769c5c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/alpha/strncpy.S
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Contributed by Richard Henderson (rth@tamu.edu)
+
+This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+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., 675 Mass Ave,
+Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
+
+/* Copy no more than COUNT bytes of the null-terminated string from
+   SRC to DST.  If SRC does not cover all of COUNT, the balance is
+   zeroed.  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+
+	.set noat
+	.set noreorder
+
+	.text
+
+ENTRY(strncpy)
+	ldgp	gp, 0(pv)
+	.prologue 1
+
+	mov	a0, v0		# set return value now
+	beq	a2, $zerocount
+	jsr	t9, __stxncpy	# do the work of the copy
+
+	bne	a2, $multiword	# do we have full words left?
+
+	.align 3
+	subq	t8, 1, t2	# e0    : guess not
+	subq	t10, 1, t3	# .. e1 :
+	or	t2, t8, t2	# e0    : clear the bits between the last
+	or	t3, t10, t3	# .. e1 : written byte and the last byte in
+	andnot	t3, t2, t3	# e0    : COUNT
+	zap	t0, t3, t0	# e1    :
+	stq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e0    :
+	ret			# .. e1 :
+
+$multiword:
+
+	subq	t8, 1, t7	# e0    : clear the final bits in the prev
+	or	t7, t8, t7	# e1    : word
+	zapnot	t0, t7, t0	# e0    :
+	subq	a2, 1, a2	# .. e1 :
+	stq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e0    :
+	addq	a0, 8, a0	# .. e1 :
+
+	beq	a2, 1f		# e1    :
+	blbc	a2, 0f		# e1    :
+
+	stq_u	zero, 0(a0)	# e0    : zero one word
+	subq	a2, 1, a2	# .. e1 :
+	addq	a0, 8, a0	# e0    :
+	beq	a2, 1f		# .. e1 :
+
+0:	stq_u	zero, 0(a0)	# e0    : zero two words
+	subq	a2, 2, a2	# .. e1 :
+	stq_u	zero, 8(a0)	# e0    :
+	addq	a0, 16, a0	# .. e1 :
+	bne	a2, 0b		# e1    :
+	unop
+
+1:	ldq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e0    : clear the leading bits in the final
+	subq	t10, 1, t7	# .. e1 : word
+	or	t7, t10, t7	# e0    :
+	zap	t0, t7, t0	# e1 (stall)
+	stq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e0    :
+
+$zerocount:
+	ret			# .. e1 :
+
+	END(strncpy)
diff --git a/sysdeps/alpha/strrchr.S b/sysdeps/alpha/strrchr.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..464f754b20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/alpha/strrchr.S
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+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., 675 Mass Ave,
+Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
+
+/* Return the address of the last occurrance of a given character
+   within a null-terminated string, or null if it is not found.
+
+   This is generally scheduled for the EV5 (got to look out for my own
+   interests :-), but with EV4 needs in mind.  There are, in fact, fewer
+   stalls on the EV4 than there are on the EV5.
+*/
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+
+	.set noreorder
+	.set noat
+
+ENTRY(strrchr)
+	.prologue 0
+
+	zapnot	a1, 1, a1	# e0    : zero extend our test character
+	mov	zero, t6	# .. e1 : t6 is last match aligned addr
+	sll	a1, 8, t5	# e0    : replicate our test character
+	mov	zero, t7	# .. e1 : t7 is last match byte compare mask
+	or	t5, a1, a1	# e0    :
+	ldq_u   t0, 0(a0)	# .. e1 : load first quadword
+	sll	a1, 16, t5	# e0    :
+	andnot  a0, 7, v0	# .. e1 : align source addr
+	or	t5, a1, a1	# e0    :
+	lda	t4, -1		# .. e1 : build garbage mask
+	sll	a1, 32, t5	# e0    :
+	cmpbge  zero, t0, t1	# .. e1 : bits set iff byte == zero
+	mskqh	t4, a0, t4	# e0    :
+	or	t5, a1, a1	# .. e1 : character replication complete
+	xor	t0, a1, t2	# e0    : make bytes == c zero
+	cmpbge	zero, t4, t4	# .. e1 : bits set iff byte is garbage
+	cmpbge  zero, t2, t3	# e0    : bits set iff byte == c
+	andnot	t1, t4, t1	# .. e1 : clear garbage from null test
+	andnot	t3, t4, t3	# e0    : clear garbage from char test
+	bne	t1, $eos	# .. e1 : did we already hit the terminator?
+
+	/* Character search main loop */
+$loop:
+	ldq	t0, 8(v0)	# e0    : load next quadword
+	cmovne	t3, v0, t6	# .. e1 : save previous comparisons match
+	cmovne	t3, t3, t7	# e0    :
+	addq	v0, 8, v0	# .. e1 :
+	xor	t0, a1, t2	# e0    :
+	cmpbge	zero, t0, t1	# .. e1 : bits set iff byte == zero
+	cmpbge	zero, t2, t3	# e0    : bits set iff byte == c
+	beq	t1, $loop	# .. e1 : if we havnt seen a null, loop
+
+	/* Mask out character matches after terminator */
+$eos:
+	negq	t1, t4		# e0    : isolate first null byte match
+	and	t1, t4, t4	# e1    :
+	subq	t4, 1, t5	# e0    : build a mask of the bytes upto...
+	or	t4, t5, t4	# e1    : ... and including the null
+
+	and	t3, t4, t3	# e0    : mask out char matches after null
+	cmovne	t3, t3, t7	# .. e1 : save it, if match found
+	cmovne	t3, v0, t6	# e0    :
+
+	/* Locate the address of the last matched character */
+
+	/* Retain the early exit for the ev4 -- the ev5 mispredict penalty
+	   is 5 cycles -- the same as just falling through.  */
+	beq	t7, $retnull	# .. e1 :
+
+	and	t7, 0xf0, t2	# e0    : binary search for the high bit set
+	cmovne	t2, t2, t7	# .. e1 (zdb)
+	cmovne	t2, 4, t2	# e0    :
+	and	t7, 0xcc, t1	# .. e1 :
+	cmovne	t1, t1, t7	# e0    :
+	cmovne	t1, 2, t1	# .. e1 :
+	and	t7, 0xaa, t0	# e0    :
+	cmovne	t0, 1, t0	# .. e1 (zdb)
+	addq	t2, t1, t1	# e0    :
+	addq	t6, t0, v0	# .. e1 : add our aligned base ptr to the mix
+	addq	v0, t1, v0	# e0    :
+	ret			# .. e1 :
+
+$retnull:
+	mov	zero, v0	# e0    :
+	ret			# .. e1 :
+
+	END(strrchr)
+
+weak_alias (strrchr, rindex)
diff --git a/sysdeps/alpha/stxcpy.S b/sysdeps/alpha/stxcpy.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e381b704cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/alpha/stxcpy.S
@@ -0,0 +1,307 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Contributed by Richard Henderson (rth@tamu.edu)
+
+This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+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., 675 Mass Ave,
+Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
+
+/* Copy a null-terminated string from SRC to DST.
+
+   This is an internal routine used by strcpy, stpcpy, and strcat.
+   As such, it uses special linkage conventions to make implementation
+   of these public functions more efficient.
+
+   On input:
+	t9 = return address
+	a0 = DST
+	a1 = SRC
+
+   On output:
+	t8  = bitmask (with one bit set) indicating the last byte written
+	a0  = unaligned address of the last *word* written
+
+   Furthermore, v0, a3-a5, t11, and t12 are untouched.
+*/
+
+/* This is generally scheduled for the EV5, but should still be pretty 
+   good for the EV4 too.  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+
+	.set noat
+	.set noreorder
+
+	.text
+
+/* There is a problem with either gdb (as of 4.16) or gas (as of 2.7) that
+   doesn't like putting the entry point for a procedure somewhere in the
+   middle of the procedure descriptor.  Work around this by putting the
+   aligned copy in its own procedure descriptor */
+
+	.ent stxcpy_aligned
+	.align 3
+stxcpy_aligned:
+	.frame sp, 0, t9
+	.prologue 0
+
+	/* On entry to this basic block:
+	   t0 == the first destination word for masking back in
+	   t1 == the first source word.  */
+
+	/* Create the 1st output word and detect 0's in the 1st input word.  */
+	lda	t2, -1		# e1    : build a mask against false zero
+	mskqh	t2, a1, t2	# e0    :   detection in the src word
+	mskqh	t1, a1, t3	# e0    :
+	ornot	t1, t2, t2	# .. e1 : 
+	mskql	t0, a1, t0	# e0    : assemble the first output word
+	cmpbge	zero, t2, t7	# .. e1 : bits set iff null found
+	or	t0, t3, t1	# e0    :
+	bne	t7, $a_eos	# .. e1 :
+
+	/* On entry to this basic block:
+	   t0 == the first destination word for masking back in
+	   t1 == a source word not containing a null.  */
+
+$a_loop:
+	stq_u	t1, 0(a0)	# e0    :
+	addq	a0, 8, a0	# .. e1 :
+	ldq_u	t1, 0(a1)	# e0    :
+	addq	a1, 8, a1	# .. e1 :
+	cmpbge	zero, t1, t7	# e0 (stall)
+	beq	t7, $a_loop	# .. e1 (zdb)
+
+	/* Take care of the final (partial) word store.
+	   On entry to this basic block we have:
+	   t1 == the source word containing the null
+	   t7 == the cmpbge mask that found it.  */
+$a_eos:
+	negq	t7, t6		# e0    : find low bit set
+	and	t7, t6, t8	# e1 (stall)
+
+	/* For the sake of the cache, don't read a destination word
+	   if we're not going to need it.  */
+	and	t8, 0x80, t6	# e0    :
+	bne	t6, 1f		# .. e1 (zdb)
+
+	/* We're doing a partial word store and so need to combine
+	   our source and original destination words.  */
+	ldq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e0    :
+	subq	t8, 1, t6	# .. e1 : 
+	zapnot	t1, t6, t1	# e0    : clear src bytes >= null
+	or	t8, t6, t7	# .. e1 : 
+	zap	t0, t7, t0	# e0    : clear dst bytes <= null
+	or	t0, t1, t1	# e1    :
+
+1:	stq_u	t1, 0(a0)	# e0    :
+	ret	(t9)		# .. e1 :
+
+	.end stxcpy_aligned
+
+	.align 3
+	.ent __stxcpy
+	.globl __stxcpy
+__stxcpy:
+	.frame sp, 0, t9
+	.prologue 0
+
+	/* Are source and destination co-aligned?  */
+	xor	a0, a1, t0	# e0    :
+	unop			#       :
+	and	t0, 7, t0	# e0    :
+	bne	t0, $unaligned	# .. e1 :
+
+	/* We are co-aligned; take care of a partial first word.  */
+	ldq_u	t1, 0(a1)	# e0    : load first src word
+	and	a0, 7, t0	# .. e1 : take care not to load a word ...
+	addq	a1, 8, a1		# e0    :
+	beq	t0, stxcpy_aligned	# .. e1 : ... if we wont need it
+	ldq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e0    :
+	br	stxcpy_aligned	# .. e1 :
+
+
+/* The source and destination are not co-aligned.  Align the destination
+   and cope.  We have to be very careful about not reading too much and
+   causing a SEGV.  */
+
+	.align 3
+$u_head:
+	/* We know just enough now to be able to assemble the first
+	   full source word.  We can still find a zero at the end of it
+	   that prevents us from outputting the whole thing.
+
+	   On entry to this basic block:
+	   t0 == the first dest word, for masking back in, if needed else 0
+	   t1 == the low bits of the first source word
+	   t6 == bytemask that is -1 in dest word bytes */
+
+	ldq_u	t2, 8(a1)	# e0    :
+	addq	a1, 8, a1	# .. e1 :
+
+	extql	t1, a1, t1	# e0    :
+	extqh	t2, a1, t4	# e0    :
+	mskql	t0, a0, t0	# e0    :
+	or	t1, t4, t1	# .. e1 :
+	mskqh	t1, a0, t1	# e0    :
+	or	t0, t1, t1	# e1    :
+	
+	or	t1, t6, t6	# e0    :
+	cmpbge	zero, t6, t7	# .. e1 :
+	lda	t6, -1		# e0    : for masking just below
+	bne	t7, $u_final	# .. e1 :
+
+	mskql	t6, a1, t6		# e0    : mask out the bits we have 
+	or	t6, t2, t2		# e1    :   already extracted before
+	cmpbge	zero, t2, t7		# e0    :   testing eos
+	bne	t7, $u_late_head_exit	# .. e1 (zdb)
+
+	/* Finally, we've got all the stupid leading edge cases taken care
+	   of and we can set up to enter the main loop.  */
+
+	stq_u	t1, 0(a0)	# e0    : store first output word
+	addq	a0, 8, a0	# .. e1 :
+	extql	t2, a1, t0	# e0    : position ho-bits of lo word
+	ldq_u	t2, 8(a1)	# .. e1 : read next high-order source word
+	addq	a1, 8, a1	# e0    :
+	cmpbge	zero, t2, t7	# .. e1 :
+	nop			# e0    :
+	bne	t7, $u_eos	# .. e1 :
+
+	/* Unaligned copy main loop.  In order to avoid reading too much,
+	   the loop is structured to detect zeros in aligned source words.
+	   This has, unfortunately, effectively pulled half of a loop 
+	   iteration out into the head and half into the tail, but it does
+	   prevent nastiness from accumulating in the very thing we want
+	   to run as fast as possible.
+
+	   On entry to this basic block:
+	   t0 == the shifted high-order bits from the previous source word
+	   t2 == the unshifted current source word
+
+	   We further know that t2 does not contain a null terminator.  */
+
+	.align 3
+$u_loop:
+	extqh	t2, a1, t1	# e0    : extract high bits for current word
+	addq	a1, 8, a1	# .. e1 :
+	extql	t2, a1, t3	# e0    : extract low bits for next time
+	addq	a0, 8, a0	# .. e1 :
+	or	t0, t1, t1	# e0    : current dst word now complete
+	ldq_u	t2, 0(a1)	# .. e1 : load high word for next time
+	stq_u	t1, -8(a0)	# e0    : save the current word
+	mov	t3, t0		# .. e1 :
+	cmpbge	zero, t2, t7	# e0    : test new word for eos
+	beq	t7, $u_loop	# .. e1 :
+
+	/* We've found a zero somewhere in the source word we just read.
+	   If it resides in the lower half, we have one (probably partial)
+	   word to write out, and if it resides in the upper half, we 
+	   have one full and one partial word left to write out.
+
+	   On entry to this basic block:
+	   t0 == the shifted high-order bits from the previous source word
+	   t2 == the unshifted current source word.  */
+$u_eos:
+	extqh	t2, a1, t1	# e0    :
+	or	t0, t1, t1	# e1    : first (partial) source word complete
+
+	cmpbge	zero, t1, t7	# e0    : is the null in this first bit?
+	bne	t7, $u_final	# .. e1 (zdb)
+
+$u_late_head_exit:
+	stq_u	t1, 0(a0)	# e0    : the null was in the high-order bits
+	addq	a0, 8, a0	# .. e1 :
+	extql	t2, a1, t1	# e0    :
+	cmpbge	zero, t1, t7	# .. e1 :
+
+	/* Take care of a final (probably partial) result word.
+	   On entry to this basic block:
+	   t1 == assembled source word
+	   t7 == cmpbge mask that found the null.  */
+$u_final:
+	negq	t7, t6		# e0    : isolate low bit set
+	and	t6, t7, t8	# e1    :
+
+	and	t8, 0x80, t6	# e0    : avoid dest word load if we can 
+	bne	t6, 1f		# .. e1 (zdb)
+
+	ldq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e0    :
+	subq	t8, 1, t6	# .. e1 :
+	or	t6, t8, t7	# e0    :
+	zapnot	t1, t6, t1	# .. e1 : kill source bytes >= null
+	zap	t0, t7, t0	# e0    : kill dest bytes <= null
+	or	t0, t1, t1	# e1    :
+
+1:	stq_u	t1, 0(a0)	# e0    :
+	ret	(t9)		# .. e1 :
+
+	/* Unaligned copy entry point.  */
+	.align 3
+$unaligned:
+
+	ldq_u	t1, 0(a1)	# e0    : load first source word
+
+	and	a0, 7, t4	# .. e1 : find dest misalignment
+	and	a1, 7, t5	# e0    : find src misalignment
+
+	/* Conditionally load the first destination word and a bytemask 
+	   with 0xff indicating that the destination byte is sacrosanct.  */
+
+	mov	zero, t0	# .. e1 :
+	mov	zero, t6	# e0    :
+	beq	t4, 1f		# .. e1 :
+	ldq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e0    :
+	lda	t6, -1		# .. e1 :
+	mskql	t6, a0, t6	# e0    :
+1:
+	subq	a1, t4, a1	# .. e1 : sub dest misalignment from src addr
+
+	/* If source misalignment is larger than dest misalignment, we need
+	   extra startup checks to avoid SEGV.  */
+
+	cmplt	t4, t5, t8	# e0    :
+	beq	t8, $u_head	# .. e1 (zdb)
+
+	lda	t2, -1		# e1    : mask out leading garbage in source
+	mskqh	t2, t5, t2	# e0    :
+	nop			# e0    :
+	ornot	t1, t2, t3	# .. e1 :
+	cmpbge	zero, t3, t7	# e0    : is there a zero?
+	beq	t7, $u_head	# .. e1 (zdb)
+
+	/* At this point we've found a zero in the first partial word of
+	   the source.  We need to isolate the valid source data and mask
+	   it into the original destination data.  (Incidentally, we know
+	   that we'll need at least one byte of that original dest word.) */
+
+	ldq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e0    :
+
+	negq	t7, t6		# .. e1 : build bitmask of bytes <= zero
+	and	t6, t7, t8	# e0    :
+	nop			# .. e1 :
+	subq	t8, 1, t6	# e0    :
+	or	t6, t8, t7	# e1    :
+
+	zapnot	t2, t7, t2	# e0    : prepare source word; mirror changes
+	and	t1, t2, t1	# e1    : to source validity mask
+	extql	t2, a1, t2	# e0    :
+	extql	t1, a1, t1	# e0    :
+
+	andnot	t0, t2, t0	# e0    : zero place for source to reside
+	or	t0, t1, t1	# e1    : and put it there
+	stq_u	t1, 0(a0)	# e0    :
+	ret	(t9)		# .. e1 :
+
+	.end __stxcpy
diff --git a/sysdeps/alpha/stxncpy.S b/sysdeps/alpha/stxncpy.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c5fcf6e67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/alpha/stxncpy.S
@@ -0,0 +1,350 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Contributed by Richard Henderson (rth@tamu.edu)
+
+This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+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., 675 Mass Ave,
+Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.  */
+
+/* Copy no more than COUNT bytes of the null-terminated string from
+   SRC to DST.
+
+   This is an internal routine used by strncpy, stpncpy, and strncat.
+   As such, it uses special linkage conventions to make implementation
+   of these public functions more efficient.
+
+   On input:
+	t9 = return address
+	a0 = DST
+	a1 = SRC
+	a2 = COUNT
+
+   Furthermore, COUNT may not be zero.
+
+   On output:
+	t0  = last word written
+	t8  = bitmask (with one bit set) indicating the last byte written
+	t10 = bitmask (with one bit set) indicating the byte position of
+	      the end of the range specified by COUNT
+	a0  = unaligned address of the last *word* written
+	a2  = the number of full words left in COUNT
+
+   Furthermore, v0, a3-a5, t11, and t12 are untouched.
+*/
+
+
+/* This is generally scheduled for the EV5, but should still be pretty
+   good for the EV4 too.  */
+
+#include <sysdep.h>
+
+	.set noat
+	.set noreorder
+
+	.text
+
+/* There is a problem with either gdb (as of 4.16) or gas (as of 2.7) that
+   doesn't like putting the entry point for a procedure somewhere in the
+   middle of the procedure descriptor.  Work around this by putting the
+   aligned copy in its own procedure descriptor */
+
+	.ent stxncpy_aligned
+	.align 3
+stxncpy_aligned:
+	.frame sp, 0, t9, 0
+	.prologue 0
+
+	/* On entry to this basic block:
+	   t0 == the first destination word for masking back in
+	   t1 == the first source word.  */
+
+	/* Create the 1st output word and detect 0's in the 1st input word.  */
+	lda	t2, -1		# e1    : build a mask against false zero
+	mskqh	t2, a1, t2	# e0    :   detection in the src word
+	mskqh	t1, a1, t3	# e0    :
+	ornot	t1, t2, t2	# .. e1 :
+	mskql	t0, a1, t0	# e0    : assemble the first output word
+	cmpbge	zero, t2, t7	# .. e1 : bits set iff null found
+	or	t0, t3, t0	# e0    :
+	beq	a2, $a_eoc	# .. e1 :
+	bne	t7, $a_eos	# .. e1 :
+
+	/* On entry to this basic block:
+	   t0 == a source word not containing a null.  */
+
+$a_loop:
+	stq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e0    :
+	addq	a0, 8, a0	# .. e1 :
+	ldq_u	t0, 0(a1)	# e0    :
+	addq	a1, 8, a1	# .. e1 :
+	subq	a2, 1, a2	# e0    :
+	cmpbge	zero, t0, t7	# .. e1 (stall)
+	beq	a2, $a_eoc      # e1    :
+	beq	t7, $a_loop	# e1    :
+
+	/* Take care of the final (partial) word store.  At this point
+	   the end-of-count bit is set in t7 iff it applies.
+
+	   On entry to this basic block we have:
+	   t0 == the source word containing the null
+	   t7 == the cmpbge mask that found it.  */
+
+$a_eos:
+	negq	t7, t8		# e0    : find low bit set
+	and	t7, t8, t8	# e1 (stall)
+
+	/* For the sake of the cache, don't read a destination word
+	   if we're not going to need it.  */
+	and	t8, 0x80, t6	# e0    :
+	bne	t6, 1f		# .. e1 (zdb)
+
+	/* We're doing a partial word store and so need to combine
+	   our source and original destination words.  */
+	ldq_u	t1, 0(a0)	# e0    :
+	subq	t8, 1, t6	# .. e1 :
+	or	t8, t6, t7	# e0    :
+	unop			#
+	zapnot	t0, t7, t0	# e0    : clear src bytes > null
+	zap	t1, t7, t1	# .. e1 : clear dst bytes <= null
+	or	t0, t1, t0	# e1    :
+
+1:	stq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e0    :
+	ret	(t9)		# e1    :
+
+	/* Add the end-of-count bit to the eos detection bitmask.  */
+$a_eoc:
+	or	t10, t7, t7
+	br	$a_eos
+
+	.end stxncpy_aligned
+
+	.align 3
+	.ent __stxncpy
+	.globl __stxncpy
+__stxncpy:
+	.frame sp, 0, t9, 0
+	.prologue 0
+
+	/* Are source and destination co-aligned?  */
+	xor	a0, a1, t1	# e0    :
+	and	a0, 7, t0	# .. e1 : find dest misalignment
+	and	t1, 7, t1	# e0    :
+	addq	a2, t0, a2	# .. e1 : bias count by dest misalignment
+	subq	a2, 1, a2	# e0    :
+	and	a2, 7, t2	# e1    :
+	srl	a2, 3, a2	# e0    : a2 = loop counter = (count - 1)/8
+	addq	zero, 1, t10	# .. e1 :
+	sll	t10, t2, t10	# e0    : t10 = bitmask of last count byte
+	bne	t1, $unaligned	# .. e1 :
+
+	/* We are co-aligned; take care of a partial first word.  */
+
+	ldq_u	t1, 0(a1)	# e0    : load first src word
+	addq	a1, 8, a1	# .. e1 :
+
+	beq	t0, stxncpy_aligned     # avoid loading dest word if not needed
+	ldq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e0    :
+	br	stxncpy_aligned	# .. e1 :
+
+
+/* The source and destination are not co-aligned.  Align the destination
+   and cope.  We have to be very careful about not reading too much and
+   causing a SEGV.  */
+
+	.align 3
+$u_head:
+	/* We know just enough now to be able to assemble the first
+	   full source word.  We can still find a zero at the end of it
+	   that prevents us from outputting the whole thing.
+
+	   On entry to this basic block:
+	   t0 == the first dest word, unmasked
+	   t1 == the shifted low bits of the first source word
+	   t6 == bytemask that is -1 in dest word bytes */
+
+	ldq_u	t2, 8(a1)	# e0    : load second src word
+	addq	a1, 8, a1	# .. e1 :
+	mskql	t0, a0, t0	# e0    : mask trailing garbage in dst
+	extqh	t2, a1, t4	# e0    :
+	or	t1, t4, t1	# e1    : first aligned src word complete
+	mskqh	t1, a0, t1	# e0    : mask leading garbage in src
+	or	t0, t1, t0	# e0    : first output word complete
+	or	t0, t6, t6	# e1    : mask original data for zero test
+	cmpbge	zero, t6, t7	# e0    :
+	beq	a2, $u_eocfin	# .. e1 :
+	bne	t7, $u_final	# e1    :
+
+	lda	t6, -1			# e1    : mask out the bits we have
+	mskql	t6, a1, t6		# e0    :   already seen
+	stq_u	t0, 0(a0)		# e0    : store first output word
+	or      t6, t2, t2		# .. e1 :
+	cmpbge	zero, t2, t7		# e0    : find nulls in second partial
+	addq	a0, 8, a0		# .. e1 :
+	subq	a2, 1, a2		# e0    :
+	bne	t7, $u_late_head_exit	# .. e1 :
+
+	/* Finally, we've got all the stupid leading edge cases taken care
+	   of and we can set up to enter the main loop.  */
+
+	extql	t2, a1, t1	# e0    : position hi-bits of lo word
+	ldq_u	t2, 8(a1)	# .. e1 : read next high-order source word
+	addq	a1, 8, a1	# e0    :
+	cmpbge	zero, t2, t7	# e1 (stall)
+	beq	a2, $u_eoc	# e1    :
+	bne	t7, $u_eos	# e1    :
+
+	/* Unaligned copy main loop.  In order to avoid reading too much,
+	   the loop is structured to detect zeros in aligned source words.
+	   This has, unfortunately, effectively pulled half of a loop
+	   iteration out into the head and half into the tail, but it does
+	   prevent nastiness from accumulating in the very thing we want
+	   to run as fast as possible.
+
+	   On entry to this basic block:
+	   t1 == the shifted high-order bits from the previous source word
+	   t2 == the unshifted current source word
+
+	   We further know that t2 does not contain a null terminator.  */
+
+	.align 3
+$u_loop:
+	extqh	t2, a1, t0	# e0    : extract high bits for current word
+	addq	a1, 8, a1	# .. e1 :
+	extql	t2, a1, t3	# e0    : extract low bits for next time
+	addq	a0, 8, a0	# .. e1 :
+	or	t0, t1, t0	# e0    : current dst word now complete
+	ldq_u	t2, 0(a1)	# .. e1 : load high word for next time
+	stq_u	t0, -8(a0)	# e0    : save the current word
+	mov	t3, t1		# .. e1 :
+	subq	a2, 1, a2	# e0    :
+	cmpbge	zero, t2, t7	# .. e1 : test new word for eos
+	beq	a2, $u_eoc	# e1    :
+	beq	t7, $u_loop	# e1    :
+
+	/* We've found a zero somewhere in the source word we just read.
+	   If it resides in the lower half, we have one (probably partial)
+	   word to write out, and if it resides in the upper half, we
+	   have one full and one partial word left to write out.
+
+	   On entry to this basic block:
+	   t1 == the shifted high-order bits from the previous source word
+	   t2 == the unshifted current source word.  */
+$u_eos:
+	extqh	t2, a1, t0	# e0    :
+	or	t0, t1, t0	# e1    : first (partial) source word complete
+
+	cmpbge	zero, t0, t7	# e0    : is the null in this first bit?
+	bne	t7, $u_final	# .. e1 (zdb)
+
+	stq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e0    : the null was in the high-order bits
+	addq	a0, 8, a0	# .. e1 :
+	subq	a2, 1, a2	# e1    :
+
+$u_late_head_exit:
+	extql	t2, a1, t0	# .. e0 :
+	cmpbge	zero, t0, t7	# e0    :
+	or	t7, t10, t6	# e1    :
+	cmoveq	a2, t6, t7	# e0    :
+	nop			# .. e1 :
+
+	/* Take care of a final (probably partial) result word.
+	   On entry to this basic block:
+	   t0 == assembled source word
+	   t7 == cmpbge mask that found the null.  */
+$u_final:
+	negq	t7, t6		# e0    : isolate low bit set
+	and	t6, t7, t8	# e1    :
+
+	and	t8, 0x80, t6	# e0    : avoid dest word load if we can
+	bne	t6, 1f		# .. e1 (zdb)
+
+	ldq_u	t1, 0(a0)	# e0    :
+	subq	t8, 1, t6	# .. e1 :
+	or	t6, t8, t7	# e0    :
+	zapnot	t0, t7, t0	# .. e1 : kill source bytes > null
+	zap	t1, t7, t1	# e0    : kill dest bytes <= null
+	or	t0, t1, t0	# e1    :
+
+1:	stq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e0    :
+	ret	(t9)		# .. e1 :
+
+$u_eoc:				# end-of-count
+	extqh	t2, a1, t0
+	or	t0, t1, t0
+	cmpbge	zero, t0, t7
+
+$u_eocfin:			# end-of-count, final word
+	or	t10, t7, t7
+	br	$u_final
+
+	/* Unaligned copy entry point.  */
+	.align 3
+$unaligned:
+
+	ldq_u	t1, 0(a1)	# e0    : load first source word
+
+	and	a0, 7, t4	# .. e1 : find dest misalignment
+	and	a1, 7, t5	# e0    : find src misalignment
+
+	/* Conditionally load the first destination word and a bytemask
+	   with 0xff indicating that the destination byte is sacrosanct.  */
+
+	mov	zero, t0	# .. e1 :
+	mov	zero, t6	# e0    :
+	beq	t4, 1f		# .. e1 :
+	ldq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e0    :
+	lda	t6, -1		# .. e1 :
+	mskql	t6, a0, t6	# e0    :
+1:
+	subq	a1, t4, a1	# .. e1 : sub dest misalignment from src addr
+
+	/* If source misalignment is larger than dest misalignment, we need
+	   extra startup checks to avoid SEGV.  */
+
+	cmplt	t4, t5, t8	# e1    :
+	extql	t1, a1, t1	# .. e0 : shift src into place
+	lda	t2, -1		# e0    : for creating masks later
+	beq	t8, $u_head	# e1    :
+
+	mskqh	t2, t5, t2	# e0    : begin src byte validity mask
+	cmpbge	zero, t1, t7	# .. e1 : is there a zero?
+	extql	t2, a1, t2	# e0    :
+	or	t7, t10, t6	# .. e1 : test for end-of-count too
+	cmpbge	zero, t2, t3	# e0    :
+	cmoveq	a2, t6, t7	# .. e1 :
+	andnot	t7, t3, t7	# e0    :
+	beq	t7, $u_head	# .. e1 (zdb)
+
+	/* At this point we've found a zero in the first partial word of
+	   the source.  We need to isolate the valid source data and mask
+	   it into the original destination data.  (Incidentally, we know
+	   that we'll need at least one byte of that original dest word.) */
+
+	ldq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e0    :
+	negq	t7, t6		# .. e1 : build bitmask of bytes <= zero
+	mskqh	t1, t4, t1	# e0    :
+	and	t6, t7, t8	# .. e1 :
+	subq	t8, 1, t6	# e0    :
+	or	t6, t8, t7	# e1    :
+
+	zapnot	t2, t7, t2	# e0    : prepare source word; mirror changes
+	zapnot	t1, t7, t1	# .. e1 : to source validity mask
+
+	andnot	t0, t2, t0	# e0    : zero place for source to reside
+	or	t0, t1, t0	# e1    : and put it there
+	stq_u	t0, 0(a0)	# e0    :
+	ret	(t9)		# .. e1 :
+
+	.end __stxncpy