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| author | Andy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org> | 2005-05-19 19:57:27 +0000 |
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| committer | Andy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org> | 2005-05-19 19:57:27 +0000 |
| commit | cd74dda72a280bfd36de4d965b44b1bc78f434dd (patch) | |
| tree | 7b9aa931c99659a35969ab484d95d3f0d5cdb6dd | |
| parent | 032bb2a2c53aba207cf5d208ff3f2a0a3bd7b587 (diff) | |
| download | openssl-cd74dda72a280bfd36de4d965b44b1bc78f434dd.tar.gz | |
FAQ to mention no-sse2.
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@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ OpenSSL - Frequently Asked Questions * Why does the OpenSSL test suite fail on MacOS X? * Why does the OpenSSL test suite fail in BN_sqr test [on a 64-bit platform]? * Why does OpenBSD-i386 build fail on des-586.s with "Unimplemented segment type"? +* Why does the OpenSSL test suite fail in sha512t on x86 CPU? [PROG] Questions about programming with OpenSSL @@ -598,6 +599,14 @@ Reportedly elder *BSD a.out platforms also suffer from this problem and remedy should be same. Provided binary is statically linked and should be working across wider range of *BSD branches, not just OpenBSD. +* Why does the OpenSSL test suite fail in sha512t on x86 CPU? + +If the test program in question fails withs SIGILL, Illegal Instruction +exception, then you more than likely to run SSE2-capable CPU, such as +Intel P4, under control of kernel which does not support SSE2 +instruction extentions. See accompanying INSTALL file and +OPENSSL_ia32cap(3) documentation page for further information. + [PROG] ======================================================================== * Is OpenSSL thread-safe? |