Re [RFD] optimized versions of openssl
> "Vince Mulhollon" <vlm@norlight.com> writes:
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> > I think I can safely speak for everyone on debian-devel as per this:
> >
> > 1) The difference in overall speed is small, and rarely publically
> > reported. The 1% gain is individually considered either vital
> > must-have, or worthless.
>
> You have obviously never used ssl on a SPARC machine. The lowest
> supported SPARC architecture is SPARCv7 which does not have hardware
> division and multiplication. Recompiling libssl with SPARCv8
> optimizations speeds up logging in with ssh on an Ultra1 (SPARCv9) by
> a factor of 6, IIRC. See the debian-sparc archives for details.
I have a Sparc 5 and would never dream of attempting to use ssh without rebuilding openssl with the -mv8 optimization. I can definately state that it is an added benefit.
Chris
>
> > This eternal flamewar is located somewhere in:
> > http://lists.debian.org archives
>
> And the less flamy part is in http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc
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