bn_mul_recursive doesn't handle all cases correctly, which results in

[oweals/openssl.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 91b639282fba10f9c85e52b23c235ea79df4bc52..83439f1aa4f6195ff1841fe80c6eee9b3606006c 100644 (file)
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@
   no-asm        Do not use assembler code.
 
   386           Use the 80386 instruction set only (the default x86 code is
-                more efficient, but requires at least a 486).
+                more efficient, but requires at least a 486). Note: Use
+                compiler flags for any other CPU specific configuration,
+                e.g. "-m32" to build x86 code on an x64 system.
 
   no-sse2      Exclude SSE2 code pathes. Normally SSE2 extention is
                detected at run-time, but the decision whether or not the
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@
                 The crypto/<cipher> directory can be removed after running
                 "make depend".
 
-  -Dxxx, -lxxx, -Lxxx, -fxxx, -Kxxx These system specific options will
+  -Dxxx, -lxxx, -Lxxx, -fxxx, -mxxx, -Kxxx These system specific options will
                 be passed through to the compiler to allow you to
                 define preprocessor symbols, specify additional libraries,
                 library directories or other compiler options.
@@ -300,10 +302,10 @@
  Note on shared libraries
  ------------------------
 
- Shared library is currently an experimental feature.  The only reason to
- have them would be to conserve memory on systems where several program
- are using OpenSSL.  Binary backward compatibility can't be guaranteed
- before OpenSSL version 1.0.
+ Shared libraries have certain caveats.  Binary backward compatibility
+ can't be guaranteed before OpenSSL version 1.0.  The only reason to
+ use them would be to conserve memory on systems where several programs
+ are using OpenSSL.
 
  For some systems, the OpenSSL Configure script knows what is needed to
  build shared libraries for libcrypto and libssl.  On these systems,
@@ -328,7 +330,7 @@
  Note on support for multiple builds
  -----------------------------------
 
- OpenSSL is usually built in it's source tree.  Unfortunately, this doesn't
+ OpenSSL is usually built in its source tree.  Unfortunately, this doesn't
  support building for multiple platforms from the same source tree very well.
  It is however possible to build in a separate tree through the use of lots
  of symbolic links, which should be prepared like this: