> > "make test" fails as detailed below when I try to build openssl 0.9.3 on a
> > SPARC 2 machine. I tried this with the standard Makefile created by
> > running "./config --openssldir=/usr/local/openssl" and also with gcc's
> > optimization turned off. Both attempts gave the same error.
> >
> > Is this a bug? Is there something I can do to get around the problem?
>
> SPARC 2 is a version 7 architecture, right? All the sparc configs include
> switches to compile for version 8. I'd assume gcc will build for the
> architecture it's running on
No, it will *not*.
> unless you tell it otherwise. Delete the -mv8
V8 code executes correctly on v7 CPU, but very "slowly", because they
(instructions) are emulated by illegal instruction trap handler in
kernel mode. Keyword here is "kernel mode" meaning context switching,
consequently meaning significant performance degradation.
> switch from the sunos-gcc line in Configure, re-run Configure and make it
> all again.
It will make it go faster, but won't fix the problem.
Andy.
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