http://www.silby.com/patches/openssl-asm.patch I've just thrown together a patch that enables the asm cores (where available) in openssl. I've tested it on a p5, k6, and p6 - all show good improvements (from 1.1x - 2.0x, depending on the core.) SHA1, blowfish, and cast aren't running as fast as they could - doing so would make the resulting lib not work on 386es. Nonetheless, there's still a marked improvement over the C versions of the code. There are two things I can't easily test, which I was hoping I could get some help on before I bug kris about committing this. 1. Operation on 386es. I don't have one of these around, but if someone has one running 4.x or 5.x and could test to make sure that the updated libcrypto works properly on it, I'd feel much safer. 2. Speed on Athlons. I don't have one of these handy, and I'm curious if the asm cores cause any regressions in speed. For those not familiar with openssl, the process of benchmarking is simple - just type "openssl speed". Any comments about how to improve my make syntax would also be helpful, if one is so inclined. Thanks, Mike "Silby" Silbersack (Please CC me on followups, I'm not on the list.) To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
