Hi,
I've modified speed.c ("openssl speed") to run with a variable number
of threads simultaneously. Why would I want to do this? Besides the
obvious use of testing on MP boxes, this is great for evaluating hardware
ENGINEs. If the hardware has multiple encryption chips, running with
multiple threads enables you to fully saturate the hardware card, so you
can really measure what the card is capable of doing.
At the moment, I've only completed this for RSA tests, because that is
what I am interested in right now. The other tests will run with multiple
threads, but the results won't be calculated correctly. I'll skip the gory
details, but I found a way to run with multiple threads, with minimal
modifications to the original code; the only problem is calculating the
results for each test.
Since this is probably for a "niche" market, I'm not sure if this is
something that needs to be rolled into the base code. However, if anyone
is interested, I can provide this for you to play with. Just send me a
note.
Bill Hymas
IBM Global Services / IBM Linux Technology Center
Heidelberg, Germany
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