[Pkg-openssl-devel] Bug#788720: Bug#788720: openssl: illegal instruction in OPENSSL_crypto207_probe() on powerpc

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Sun, Jun 14, 2015 at 05:12:04PM +0300, Vladimir Berezenko wrote:
> Package: openssl
> Version: 1.0.2a-1
> Severity: normal
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> All apps which are compiled with openssl support get sigill in
> OPENSSL_crypto207_probe
> 
> Program received signal SIGILL, Illegal instruction.
> 0x064f29d0 in OPENSSL_crypto207_probe () at ppccpuid.s:20

And is this a problem?  Or is this you just see in a debugger?

During startup it will detect cpu capabilities.  This is done by
running instructions that might or might not be supported.
Getting SIGILL is normal in that function.


Kurt