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authorRich Salz <rsalz@akamai.com>2016-02-01 15:15:06 -0500
committerRich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>2016-02-05 11:10:55 -0500
commita0474357743b5cc4db1b5428ac3db85b1168d3a9 (patch)
tree0141fc76bdbe4ddb488751a3d1cf71647f3cdfe0 /doc/apps/speed.pod
parente51511ce497884ebf680714271ec96416e600622 (diff)
Various RT doc fixes
RT1556: doc/crypto/threads.pod RT2024: Missing pages mentioned in crypto.pod RT2890: Wrong size in ERR_string_error description. RT3461: Better description of PEM Encryption (Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>) Also, fix up formatting and removed some code examples that encourage unsafe patterns, like unencrypted private keys (Rich Salz) RT4240: Document some speed flags (Tomas Mraz <tmraz@redhat.com>) RT4260: Fix return value doc for X509_REQ_sign and X509_sign (Laetitia Baudoin <lbaudoin@google.com>) Reviewed-by: Emilia Käsper <emilia@openssl.org>
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@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ speed - test library performance
B<openssl speed>
[B<-engine id>]
+[B<-elapsed>]
+[B<-evp algo>]
+[B<-decrypt>]
[B<md2>]
[B<mdc2>]
[B<md5>]
@@ -49,6 +52,19 @@ to attempt to obtain a functional reference to the specified engine,
thus initialising it if needed. The engine will then be set as the default
for all available algorithms.
+=item B<-elapsed>
+
+Measure time in real time instead of CPU time. It can be useful when testing
+speed of hardware engines.
+
+=item B<-evp algo>
+
+Use the specified cipher or message digest algorithm via the EVP interface.
+
+=item B<-decrypt>
+
+Time the decryption instead of encryption. Affects only the EVP testing.
+
=item B<[zero or more test algorithms]>
If any options are given, B<speed> tests those algorithms, otherwise all of