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author | Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@openssl.org> | 1998-12-21 10:52:47 +0000 |
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committer | Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@openssl.org> | 1998-12-21 10:52:47 +0000 |
commit | d02b48c63a58ea4367a0e905979f140b7d090f86 (patch) | |
tree | 504f62ed3d84799f785b9cd9fab255a21b0e1b0e /times/readme |
Import of old SSLeay release: SSLeay 0.8.1b
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diff --git a/times/readme b/times/readme new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7074f5815b --- /dev/null +++ b/times/readme @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +The 'times' in this directory are not all for the most recent version of +the library and it should be noted that on some CPUs (specifically sparc +and Alpha), the locations of files in the application after linking can +make upto a %10 speed difference when running benchmarks on things like +cbc mode DES. To put it mildly this can be very anoying. + +About the only way to get around this would be to compile the library as one +object file, or to 'include' the source files in a specific order. + +The best way to get an idea of the 'raw' DES speed is to build the +'speed' program in crypto/des. |