From cd74dda72a280bfd36de4d965b44b1bc78f434dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andy Polyakov Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 19:57:27 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] FAQ to mention no-sse2. --- FAQ | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) 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? -- 2.25.1