Andy - These fixes look great and solve the underlying problem we encountered with x_name.c and assumed byte-ordering.
We will re-test with these fixes and get back to you, but for now please consider this case closed (and fixed). Thanks, Mike ---- Michael Kobar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chief Technology Officer 860.434.4018 phone Lymeware Corporation 240.218.7363 fax 860.967.3888 cell www.lymeware.com > > From: "Andy Polyakov via RT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/09/18 Tue PM 12:26:14 EDT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [openssl.org #1485] [PATCH] Type Punning fix for 0.9.7f+ and all > 0.9.8 on Big Endien 64 bit machines > > > We have been building OpenSSL on PPC64 and S390X platforms with Linux > > and have found some type punning errors in both the 0.9.7 tree and the > > 0.9.8 tree. The self-test test_x509 fails due to this error. This error > > only seems to appear on big endien 64 bit machines, whether compiling > > for 32 or 64 bit targets. > > This is circumstantial. I mean it's not specific to big endian 64-bit > platforms. It takes aggressive optimizer and large register bank, large > enough to apply those aggressive optimizations. Proper fix is > http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=16407 [and > http://cvs.openssl.org/chngview?cn=16408 for 0.9.8]. A. > > > ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [email protected] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
