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+/* -*- c++ -*- */
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ *
+ * This file is part of GNU Radio
+ *
+ * GNU Radio is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
+ * any later version.
+ *
+ * GNU Radio 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 General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with GNU Radio; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+ * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street,
+ * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+#include "char_to_float_impl.h"
+#include <gr_io_signature.h>
+#include <volk/volk.h>
+
+namespace gr {
+  namespace blocks {
+
+    char_to_float::sptr char_to_float::make(size_t vlen, float scale)
+    {
+      return gnuradio::get_initial_sptr(new char_to_float_impl(vlen, scale));
+    }
+
+    char_to_float_impl::char_to_float_impl(size_t vlen, float scale)
+      : gr_sync_block("char_to_float",
+		      gr_make_io_signature (1, -1, sizeof(char)*vlen),
+		      gr_make_io_signature (1,  1, sizeof(float)*vlen)),
+	d_vlen(vlen), d_scale(scale)
+    {
+      const int alignment_multiple =
+	volk_get_alignment() / sizeof(float);
+      set_alignment(std::max(1, alignment_multiple));
+    }
+
+    int
+    char_to_float_impl::work(int noutput_items,
+			     gr_vector_const_void_star &input_items,
+			     gr_vector_void_star &output_items)
+    {
+      const int8_t *in = (const int8_t *) input_items[0];
+      float *out = (float *) output_items[0];
+
+      // Note: the unaligned benchmarked much faster than the aligned
+      volk_8i_s32f_convert_32f_u(out, in, d_scale, d_vlen*noutput_items);
+      
+      return noutput_items;
+    }
+
+  } /* namespace blocks */
+}/* namespace gr */