Re: [MiNT] Libcurl-ssl / RPM package

[Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk>]

On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:34:28 , Vincent Rivière wrote:
> m0n0 a écrit :
> > ( altough I never completed an SSL connection / download, because of the
> > decryption takes so long with my falcon, I will put an FPU into my falcon
> > today, maybe that speed's things up...(?) )
>
> Things must be clear: Currently there is no way to build binaries that
> will detect the FPU and use it if present.
>
> If you compile a program with the default options (-m68000 implied), it
> will totally ignore the FPU.
>
> If you compile a program with -m68020-60, it will use the FPU in any
> case. The program will fail and display an explicit error message if
> someone tries to run it on a system without an FPU.
>
> So if you add a 68881/68882 to your Falcon, there will be no speedup for
> your current programs. But you will be able to run new software
> requiring an FPU.
>
> About SSL, I don't know if the FPU could speed up things.
>

I always unbderstood that the maths in ssl were fairly heavy and
that an fpu was more or less essential.

Perhaps someone without an fpu processor could test CAB ssl or
Links ssl on an ssl webpage ?

Peter