Dagobert Michelsen <[email protected]> writes: > Hi Yann, > > Am 03.10.2013 um 15:41 schrieb Yann Rouillard <[email protected]>: >> openssl has it own build system with specific build flags, that must be the >> reason why it requires SSE2 and SSE and not most other binaries. >> I will look for the options at fault. >> >> But BTW what is our policy concerning enabling of SSE/SSE2 ? > > I guess we don't have one yet.
Currently we use as a default Pentium Pro. Maybe it's not adequate. But, I'm not aware, for the moment, of the consequences. >> I didn't have a complain so far about it and I suspect that this set >> of instructions helps to speed up some cryptographic codes in >> openssl, so I wonder if this is a good idea to remove them. > > Adding another ISA as option will probably take quite some time. > Peter, do you think your use case is common enough to justify the > extra work for Yann? Would using a VM on a more modern machine > be also possible? Using a VM, even on modern machine, has it's own inconvenients and, frankly, who can imagine a build farm on VMs? It requires bare metal for a lot of reasons. -- Peter _______________________________________________ maintainers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.opencsw.org/mailman/listinfo/maintainers .:: This mailing list's archive is public. ::.
