> appro> And something for VMS for Alpha users to think about:
> appro>
> appro> > 'apps/openssl speed rsa' exhibits 6 (six) times performance
> appro> > improvement over the original VMS bignum implementation.
> appro>
> appro> The "original VMS bignum" is 32-bit VAX code which gets compiled by
> appro> Alpha macro-assembler.
> appro> The code gets engaged by #defining SIXTY_FOUR_BIT *and* skipping the
> appro> crypto/bn/asm/vms.mar.
>
> That was interesting news (I haven't done much measurement lately).
> Note, BTW, that at least with OpenSSL 0.9.6 and 0.9.6a-betax,
I was looking at cvs source when writing the letter...
> vms.mar is never compiled on Alpha. Instead, bn_asm.c is used.
And it works, right? At least according to
sta<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I think I'll
> turn that back in 0.9.7-dev,
> that'll definitely make my life simpler
> :-).
And my suggestion is "don't":-) And I don't understand how would it make
the life easier...
Andy.
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