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Message-ID: <af5f5ded9fcfa4566938c2d0d0592d0a@smtp.hushmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:09:28 +0200
From: magnum <john.magnum@...hmail.com>
To: john-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Questions about compiling for Optimal CPU Performance
On 29 aug 2012, at 14:27, Brad Tilley <brad@...ystems.com> wrote:
> My older Intel Celeron CPU lists sse, sse2 and sse3 as supported in
> /proc/cpuinfo, should I make-x86-sse2 or make-x86-native when compiling
> jumbo-6? Or does the difference really matter?
You should probably use linux-x86-64i. If you run a 32-bit OS, you should really ask yourself why.
> Also, the Makefile has two
> possibilities for OpenMP...
>
> 1. -fopenmp
> 2. -fopenmp -msse2
>
> Which one should be uncommented for optimal performance when the CPU lists
> multiple sse implementations. For example, should a CPU support sse4,
> would I be limiting performance if I opted for OpenMP with -msse2, or not?
Some 32-bit builds need the latter. For a 64-bit build they produce the same result.
magnum
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