From: Andy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 19:57:27 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: FAQ to mention no-sse2.
X-Git-Tag: OpenSSL_0_9_8-beta2~17
X-Git-Url: https://git.librecmc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cd74dda72a280bfd36de4d965b44b1bc78f434dd;p=oweals%2Fopenssl.git

FAQ to mention no-sse2.
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diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
index 30913a11b3..f3eeccd056 100644
--- a/FAQ
+++ b/FAQ
@@ -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?