Re: Openssl compilation and gcc options

From: Darren Dunham (ddunham_at_redwood.taos.com)
Date: 10/07/03 

Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 19:17:58 GMT

Dimitri Maziuk <dima@127.0.0.1> wrote:
>> You will need a 64 bit library if you want openssh (or other
>> applications) to be 64 bit. However there isn't any particular
>> benefit to making these 64 bit. I just build 32 bit for openssl and
>> openssh.

> IME 64-bit binaries are a little faster (compiled with Sun's cc,
> don't know about gcc).

Is this from benchmarks? Unless it does 64bit math, I can't think of
any reason it would be faster, and I can think of reasons it would be
slower. 

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