[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Thu Feb 20 11:59:09 2003]:
> System:
> IA-64, SuSE SLES-8
> Compiler:
> Intel(R) C++ Itanium(R) Compiler for Itanium(R)-based applications
> Version 7.0, Build 20021210
>
> I've patched the Configure script by adding a new configuration,
> "linux-ia64-ecc". It's based on the "linux-ia64" configuration with
> the following changes:
I just committed your patch.
> Also, one of the compiler warnings points to a possible bug. The file
> crypto/mem_clr.c contains the following:
>
> cleanse_ctr += (17 + (unsigned char)((int)p & 0xF));
>
> where p is an unsigned char*. The cast of p to type int will lose
> significant bits, since int is 32 bits and pointers are 64 bits.
> I don't know of any symptoms of this bug; in particular, casting to
> unsigned long rather than int doesn't fix the BN_sqr problem.
Considering we only use the 4 lowest bits (" & 0xF"), the loss of the upper bits is a
non-issue.
This ticket is now resolved.
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Richard Levitte
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