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#
# SHA256-hw SHA256(*) SHA512
# Apple A7 1.97 10.5 (+33%) 6.73 (-1%(**))
-# Cortex-A5x n/a n/a n/a
+# Cortex-A53 2.38 15.6 (+110%) 10.1 (+190%(***))
+# Cortex-A57 2.31 11.6 (+86%) 7.51 (+260%(***))
#
# (*) Software SHA256 results are of lesser relevance, presented
# mostly for informational purposes.
# (**) The result is a trade-off: it's possible to improve it by
-# 10%, but at the cost of 20% loss on Cortex-A5x.
+# 10% (or by 1 cycle per round), but at the cost of 20% loss
+# on Cortex-A53 (or by 4 cycles per round).
+# (***) Super-impressive coefficients over gcc-generated code are
+# indication of some compiler "pathology", most notably code
+# generated with -mgeneral-regs-only is significanty faster
+# and lags behind assembly only by 50-90%.
$flavour=shift;
$output=shift;