From: Herbert Xu Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] crypto: rmd128: make it work on my prefered architecture Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 10:00:20 +1000 Message-ID: <20080603000020.GA31787@gondor.apana.org.au> References: <20080517.020122.229980431.davem@davemloft.net> <20080517091451.GE19540@Chamillionaire.breakpoint.cc> <20080517095625.GA17878@gondor.apana.org.au> <20080520.194723.268247612.davem@davemloft.net> <20080526110508.GB14743@gondor.apana.org.au> <20080602201739.GA19706@Chamillionaire.breakpoint.cc> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: David Miller , linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, rueegsegger@swiss-it.ch To: Sebastian Siewior Return-path: Received: from rhun.apana.org.au ([64.62.148.172]:55042 "EHLO arnor.apana.org.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753560AbYFCAA0 (ORCPT ); Mon, 2 Jun 2008 20:00:26 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080602201739.GA19706@Chamillionaire.breakpoint.cc> Sender: linux-crypto-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi Sebastian: On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 10:17:39PM +0200, Sebastian Siewior wrote: > > This is mpc8544 with gcc-4.1.1. The other powerpc machine I have > available and could run a test is a ps3. Unfortunately I have to > suspend this for two weeks. > Arnd told me, that the powerpc folks were discussing an index field in > their in/out macros. I check that once I'm back again. Thanks for the results! There is no doubt that this results in worse numbers on your platform. However, on the balance of it I would say that the pointer version is a plus when all factors are considered. As such I'm going to stick with it. I agree with you that optimising those macros on powerpc would be a good course of action. Cheers, -- Visit Openswan at http://www.openswan.org/ Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt