Greetings! On Fri, 28 Oct 2005, Andy Polyakov via RT wrote:
> > > I've got a segmentation fault in openssl-0.9.8a. > > ../util/shlib_wrap.sh ./sha512t > > make[2]: *** [test_sha] Illegal instruction > > It's not considered to be bug, but a feature. As documented in FAQ. I'm sorry. It's my fault. > > Adding no-sse2 to config options fixes this problem. > > Well, sometimes you have to be more specific and explicitly express > opinion. One can discuss that automatic detection when no-sse2 is due > [either at config or run-time] can be improved. In which case it's more > appropriate to turn to <openssl-dev>, make suggestion, collect opinions > and reach consensus. Or one can discuss that whole SSE2 support should > be treated as bug, in which case it's [again] more appropaite to turn to > openssl-dev to explicitly state something like "it appears to me that > these sse2 code-pathes create more trouble on elder systems than good on > new ones and in my opinion it should be disabled everywhere." So I'm > dismissing the case with "not treated as bug, not for the moment of this > writing" and see you at <openssl-dev>. A. It seems to me that it would be better to improve automatic detection (for example, using /proc/cpuinfo when it exists), but I agree it's not very important. Thank you! -- SY, Dmitry Belyavsky (ICQ UIN 11116575) ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org Development Mailing List [email protected] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
