Andy Polyakov wrote: | | ... [optimizing MD5 for AMD64] ... | As it's not really a key algorithm, adoption if this submission is going | to the end of my TODO list.
I understand. | Another reason for this is that it requires assembler patch. The GNU 'as' bug triggered by my code has been fixed in June 2004. So, yes, you need a patch if you are using an older 'as'. | One of unwritten OpenSSL design rule is to make things | work assuming the least about target environment. | Can you make 64-bit lea operations optional to break dependency from | assembler patch? Hmm I am going to see what is possible. But I won't be able to work on this in the next 2 weeks because my AMD64 box is temporarily unavailable. | Note that 64-bit lea are more compact as far as I understand, which improves | instruction pre-fetch. It would also be interesting to see if EM64T | would be affected by switching to 64-bit lea. If not, then there is | hardly a reason to keep 32-bit ones... | | It also might make sense to coordinate efforts. Announce in advance what | you're planning to do, ask for hints [like the below one]... Ok. So, here is my question to the OpenSSL community: what algorithm would you like to see optimized for AMD64 ? AES, SHA-1, Blowfish, RC5 ? (I did RC4 and MD5, because I need them in another project.) -- Marc Bevand http://epita.fr/~bevand_m Computer Science School EPITA - System, Network and Security Dept. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
