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authorUlf Möller <ulf@openssl.org>2006-03-17 19:22:35 +0000
committerUlf Möller <ulf@openssl.org>2006-03-17 19:22:35 +0000
commita84c9d1ed9e1b96d474dabe902b7eee34d172fc8 (patch)
tree6fe3885a65a19530f84682f685903c90258504e6
parentc6a27f0178b00515ed401494debc2f92d527b9ab (diff)
downloadopenssl-new-a84c9d1ed9e1b96d474dabe902b7eee34d172fc8.tar.gz
Clarification for CPU specific config options.
-rw-r--r--INSTALL8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 91b639282f..588db8e01f 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@
no-asm Do not use assembler code.
386 Use the 80386 instruction set only (the default x86 code is
- more efficient, but requires at least a 486).
+ more efficient, but requires at least a 486). Note: Use
+ compiler flags for any other CPU specific configuration,
+ e.g. "-m32" to build x86 code on a 64 bit system.
no-sse2 Exclude SSE2 code pathes. Normally SSE2 extention is
detected at run-time, but the decision whether or not the
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@
The crypto/<cipher> directory can be removed after running
"make depend".
- -Dxxx, -lxxx, -Lxxx, -fxxx, -Kxxx These system specific options will
+ -Dxxx, -lxxx, -Lxxx, -fxxx, -mXXX, -Kxxx These system specific options will
be passed through to the compiler to allow you to
define preprocessor symbols, specify additional libraries,
library directories or other compiler options.
@@ -328,7 +330,7 @@
Note on support for multiple builds
-----------------------------------
- OpenSSL is usually built in it's source tree. Unfortunately, this doesn't
+ OpenSSL is usually built in its source tree. Unfortunately, this doesn't
support building for multiple platforms from the same source tree very well.
It is however possible to build in a separate tree through the use of lots
of symbolic links, which should be prepared like this: