Re: openssl portability issues (embedded)

[Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker]

lob> #3   Possible lack of syslog. The syslog BIO module 'bss_log.c'
lob>      wants syslog but the OS may not have that functionality.
lob>      Not sure how openssl group want to handle stuff like this
lob>      so I have no suggestion here. I simply removed bss_log
lob>      from the Makefile in crypto/bio to continue.

Another variant is making it a dummy on architectures where syslog is
not supported.  That's what I plan to do for VMS...

lob> #8   Each subdirectory should have one C file that includes
lob>      the 'modules' other C files (much like the crypto.c/ssl.c)
lob>      but for each directory. I failed to compile crypto.c, 
lob>      was too large :(.

Why use crypto.c or ssl.c at all?  I've never quite understood the
monolith philosophy around those files.  And from what I see in the
Makefile.ssl's, they aren't generally used anywhere (no, I haven't
looked at the building on other architectures...  Except VMS, where I
have promptly tossed the monolith building).

I do not really see what you mean by performance either.  Are you
talking about compiler/linker performance?  I don't really see the
importance in that, I'd assume the performance of the application you
build at the end would be more important, and perhaps as well the
size, and in such a case (which is what I personally prefer), you gain
more by having a library with a gazillion object files to pick from
than by having a library with a low number of huge object files.

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