> "Vince Mulhollon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 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 > > -- > ilmari > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
