Re: [RFD] optimized versions of openssl

2002-09-04 Thread Michael Poole
Michael Stone writes: > On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 03:35:58PM +0200, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > > The shared library is 179 kB. Why don't you just provide the optimized > > versions in the same package? Are the any stability/correctness issues > > Now for the real overachiever, what would be r

Re: [RFD] optimized versions of openssl

2002-09-04 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
>> Michael Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Now for the real overachiever, what would be really cool is if you > hacked openssl to do *runtime* detection of which optimizations to use. That would be indeed much better. I blindly assumed he was talking about compiler flags and I further a

Re: [RFD] optimized versions of openssl

2002-09-04 Thread Michael Stone
On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 03:35:58PM +0200, Marcelo E. Magallon wrote: > The shared library is 179 kB. Why don't you just provide the optimized > versions in the same package? Are the any stability/correctness issues Now for the real overachiever, what would be really cool is if you hacked opens

Re: [RFD] optimized versions of openssl

2002-09-04 Thread Vince Mulhollon
On 09/04/2002 08:51:02 AM [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker) wrote: >> 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. This is quite

Re: [RFD] optimized versions of openssl

2002-09-04 Thread Michael Stone
On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 08:26:19AM -0500, Vince Mulhollon wrote: > 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

Re [RFD] optimized versions of openssl

2002-09-04 Thread chris
> "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. > > Y

Re: [RFD] optimized versions of openssl

2002-09-04 Thread Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker
"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 obviousl

Re: [RFD] optimized versions of openssl

2002-09-04 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Sep 04, 2002 at 08:26:19AM -0500, Vince Mulhollon wrote: > On 09/04/2002 08:12:50 AM Christoph Martin wrote: > >> etc. This has the benefit that it works on every i386 compatible > >> processor but it is slow on processors where there could be a lot of > >> optimisation. > > Oh not this th

Re: [RFD] optimized versions of openssl

2002-09-04 Thread Marcelo E. Magallon
>> Christoph Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The idea is to have a standard libssl0.9.6 package with no > optimisation and some optional packages like libssl0.9.6-i686 or > libssl0.9.6-k7 which can replace libssl0.9.6. The shared library is 179 kB. Why don't you just provide the optimi

Re: [RFD] optimized versions of openssl

2002-09-04 Thread Vince Mulhollon
On 09/04/2002 08:26:19 AM "Vince Mulhollon" wrote: >> 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. >> 2)

Re: [RFD] optimized versions of openssl

2002-09-04 Thread Vince Mulhollon
On 09/04/2002 08:12:50 AM Christoph Martin wrote: >> etc. This has the benefit that it works on every i386 compatible >> processor but it is slow on processors where there could be a lot of >> optimisation. Oh not this thread again! Processor specific optimizations for i386 is debated approx ever

[RFD] optimized versions of openssl

2002-09-04 Thread Christoph Martin
Hi, as you might know, there is only one binary package of libssl0.9.6 for each architecture. These packages are all build for the least capable processor. eg. for i386 there is no optimisation for pentiums etc. This has the benefit that it works on every i386 compatible processor but it is slow