From: rthomas@pandora (Robert Thomas (extusr Telecom PLUS)) Subject: Re: UFC-Crypt Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 11:02:01 GMT
Jim Winstead Jr. (jwinstea@fenris.claremont.edu) wrote:
: In article <1992Dec14.054309.10224@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> prv2d@fulton.seas.Virginia.EDU (Peter Villadsen) writes:
[re UFC speeds under Linux]
: crypt: 312.7 crypts/sec
: ufccrypt: 281.9 crypt/sec
:
: I am wondering why this is the case? Under the Sun and RS6000,
: the UFC-crypt ran much faster. I'm using 0.98pl4, gcc2.2.2d on a
: 386/25 with no math coprocessor. Thanks,
:
: Well, for one thing, UFC-crypt is the native crypt under Linux.
: Perhaps you were trying an older version when you grabbed your own to
: compile?
I tried this a while ago out of curiosity, and the latest version (then)
ran about the same as that.. Approx 20 or 30 cps SLOWER than crypt() - I
would assume from this that Linus has tweaked UFC a tad to make it work
a bit better on a 386.. And since my 386 has gone to the big tower case in
the sky, I can't really check. It wouldn't be too hard to have a look at
the source in the kernel and see what linus has done to it.
Robert Thomas