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Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:23:38 +0000
From: Freddie Witherden <freddie@...herden.org>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: MD5 mmx/sse impelemtation for 32bit
On 13/02/11 07:55, Yoni Londner wrote:
> I am trying to compile it, but I am getting allot of errors:
> for instance, MD5_SSE_PARA is defined only in x86-64.h and not in x86-sse.h.
> Also, for target linux-x86-sse2 '-msse2' is needed.
> I fixed all these problems, but I suspect this code was never used on
> 32bit arch.
> When I run the tests (./john --test) - all tests pass (including
> md5_gen tests), except this one: Apache MD5 [12x]... FAILED
> (get_hash[1](0)).
> I will continue my testing, but will appreciate any help of someone
> who used this code in 32bit apps.
It should be possible, with a little bit of work, to get it functioning
perfectly in 32-bit mode. However, due to increased register pressure
the 32-bit version is likely to perform worse than the 64-bit version.
Moreover, given that most (with the notable exception of the lacklustre
Intel Atom) CPUs produced in the last five years are 64-bit capable
porting the code to 32-bits may not be a worthwhile investment.
> Another question (and please forgive my ignorance), what is ICC?
> Yoni.
ICC is the Intel C Compiler. Although commercial in nature it is
available free for non-commercial users. It often produces code that is
faster than that of GCC. It really is a case of YMMV.
Polemically yours, Freddie.
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