Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 11:39:30 -0700 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Getting rid of libgmp Message-ID: <3B4F4062.1B661B6D@mindspring.com> References: <20010713135525.37C293E2F@bazooka.unixfreak.org>
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Dima Dorfman wrote: > > Hi folks, > > A week or so ago there was a thread on -current about removing libgmp. > It was generally agreed that this was a good idea, but (as usual) > somebody has to do the work, and some people wanted FreeBSD to > continue to supply a libmp-compatible interface. > > To satisfy both groups, I propose that we import a libmp that is > implemented in terms of the OpenSSL BIGNUM library. Attached below is > a sharball of such an implementation. I couldn't find very good > documentation on the libmp interface, but I've tested this with > most[1] of the software in FreeBSD that uses libmp, and all programs > work as well as they did before. > > The library is quite small; all functions except msqrt() have a BIGNUM > equivilent. It requires that the program using it be linked with > -lcrypto[2]. > > Comments? Suggestions? Benchmarks, proving that you increased, or at least did not injure performance with this change? -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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