[Pkg-openssl-devel] Bug#596881: openssl: Please add preliminary support for armhf

[Konstantinos Margaritis]

Package: openssl
Version: 0.9.8o-2
Severity: wishlist
User: debian-arm at lists.debian.org
Usertags: armhf


Please add the new architecture armhf to openssl. In case you are unaware of armhf,
there is an ongoing effort to provide a new optimized ARM port using hardfloat EABI.
The ports' base requirements are armv7-a, thumb-2, vfpv3-d16 and it's going to use
by default -mfloat-abi=hard (vs soft on armel, or softfp on Ubuntu). So far benchmarks
have shown that it's on average 30-40% faster than softfp.

The port is already setup on debian-ports.org and there are 5 autobuilders setup and
busy compiling packages:

http://buildd.debian-ports.org/status/architecture.php?a=armhf&suite=unstable

The port right now uses openssl with the attached patch.

Please consider applying the patch -or in case I have made a mistake or misunderstood
something, please correct me if I'm wrong.

I will maintain the port and I have rejoined Debian recently.

Regards

Konstantinos Margaritis
Genesi USA, Senior Software engineer, armhf port maintainer
Debian Developer
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