Switch to new RC4 IA-64 module.

[openssl.git] / INSTALL

diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
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--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
  INSTALLATION ON THE UNIX PLATFORM
  ---------------------------------
 
- [Installation on DOS (with djgpp), Windows, OpenVMS and MacOS (before MacOS X)
-  is described in INSTALL.DJGPP, INSTALL.W32, INSTALL.VMS and INSTALL.MacOS.
+ [Installation on DOS (with djgpp), Windows, OpenVMS, MacOS (before MacOS X)
+  and NetWare is described in INSTALL.DJGPP, INSTALL.W32, INSTALL.VMS,
+  INSTALL.MacOS and INSTALL.NW.
+  
   This document describes installation on operating systems in the Unix
   family.]
 
@@ -75,6 +77,20 @@
   386           Use the 80386 instruction set only (the default x86 code is
                 more efficient, but requires at least a 486).
 
+  no-sse2      Exclude SSE2 code pathes. Normally SSE2 extention is
+               detected at run-time, but the decision whether or not the
+               machine code will be executed is taken solely on CPU
+               capability vector. This means that if you happen to run OS
+               kernel which does not support SSE2 extension on Intel P4
+               processor, then your application might be exposed to
+               "illegal instruction" exception. There might be a way
+               to enable support in kernel, e.g. FreeBSD kernel can be
+               compiled with CPU_ENABLE_SSE, and there is a way to
+               disengage SSE2 code pathes upon application start-up,
+               but if you aim for wider "audience" running such kernel,
+               consider no-sse2. Both 386 and no-asm options above imply
+               no-sse2.
+
   no-<cipher>   Build without the specified cipher (bf, cast, des, dh, dsa,
                 hmac, md2, md5, mdc2, rc2, rc4, rc5, rsa, sha).
                 The crypto/<cipher> directory can be removed after running
@@ -158,7 +174,7 @@
      If a test fails, look at the output.  There may be reasons for
      the failure that isn't a problem in OpenSSL itself (like a missing
      or malfunctioning bc).  If it is a problem with OpenSSL itself,
-     try removing any compiler optimization flags from the CFLAGS line
+     try removing any compiler optimization flags from the CFLAG line
      in Makefile.ssl and run "make clean; make". Please send a bug
      report to <openssl-bugs@openssl.org>, including the output of
      "make report" in order to be added to the request tracker at
@@ -321,7 +337,8 @@
        cd objtree/"`uname -s`-`uname -r`-`uname -m`"
        (cd $OPENSSL_SOURCE; find . -type f) | while read F; do
                mkdir -p `dirname $F`
-               ln -s $OPENSSL_SOURCE/$F $F
+               rm -f $F; ln -s $OPENSSL_SOURCE/$F $F
+               echo $F '->' $OPENSSL_SOURCE/$F
        done
        make -f Makefile.org clean