source: trunk/minix/lib/i86/string/memcmp.s@ 10

!       memcmp()                                        Author: Kees J. Bot
!                                                               27 Jan 1994
.sect .text; .sect .rom; .sect .data; .sect .bss

! int memcmp(const void *s1, const void *s2, size_t n)
!       Compare two chunks of memory.
!
.sect .text
.define _memcmp
_memcmp:
        cld
        push    bp
        mov     bp, sp
        push    si
        push    di
        xor     ax, ax          ! Prepare return value
        mov     si, 4(bp)       ! String s1
        mov     di, 6(bp)       ! String s2
        mov     cx, 8(bp)       ! Length
        cmp     cx, #16
        jb      cbyte           ! Don't bother being smart with short arrays
        mov     dx, si
        or      dx, di
        andb    dl, #1
        jnz     cbyte           ! Bit 0 set, use byte compare
cword:  sar     cx, #1
        adcb    dl, dl          ! Save carry
   repe cmps                    ! Compare words
        mov     cx, #2          ! Recompare the last word
        sub     si, cx
        sub     di, cx
        addb    cl, dl          ! One more byte?
cbyte:  test    cx, cx          ! Set 'Z' flag if cx = 0
last:
   repe cmpsb                   ! Look for the first differing byte
        je      equal
        ja      after
        sub     ax, #2          ! if (s1 < s2) ax -= 2;
after:  inc     ax              ! ax++, now it's -1 or 1
equal:  mov     dx, si          ! For bcmp() to play with
        pop     di
        pop     si
        pop     bp
        ret