Uses by default the OpenSSL crypto MD5 implementation.

HISTORY

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ SnapRAID HISTORY
 0.4 2011/4
 ==========
 * Added hidden 'dry' command mainly for speed measurement.
+* As default, uses the OpenSSL crypto MD5 implementation.
 
 0.3 2011/4
 ==========

TODO

@@ -9,14 +9,18 @@ This is a list of possible TODO for SnapRAID. The order is not relevant.
 
 * Reduce memory occupation removing the flag field in the block structure.
 
-* Add RAID6 redundancy support.
-There is the very good raid6 library from H. Peter Anvin (hpa) in the Linux Kernel ready to use:
-See:
+* Add RAID6 redundancy support. There is the very good raid6 library from
+H. Peter Anvin (hpa) in the Linux Kernel ready to use. See:
 http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/hpa/raid6.pdf
 http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v2.6.38/lib/raid6
 
-* Go multithread to speed up the MD5 computation. We can do it when syncing and checking.
+* Go multithread to speed up the MD5 computation. We can do it when syncing and
+checking.
 
-* Use the O_NOATIME flag if run as 'root'.
-Anyway a better solution is to mount the disk with the "noatime" and "nodiratime" options.
+* Evaluate the new MurmorHash3 to use instead MD5. It should be faster, but
+unsure of it's reliability. In fact, in MurmorHash2 was found a serious issue
+that suggests to wait some time before using it.
+
+* Use the O_NOATIME flag if run as 'root'. Anyway a better solution is to
+mount the disk with the "noatime" and "nodiratime" options.
 

configure.ac

@@ -53,8 +53,14 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([crypto],
 	[AS_HELP_STRING([--with-crypto],
 	[enable the use of the MD5 fast implementation of the OpenSSL crypto library])],
 	[],
-	[with_crypto=no])
-AS_IF([test "x$with_crypto" != xno], [AC_CHECK_LIB([crypto], [MD5], [], [AC_MSG_FAILURE([--with-crypto was given, but test for OpenSSL crypto library failed])])])
+	[with_crypto=check])
+AS_IF([test "x$with_crypto" != xno], [
+	AC_CHECK_LIB([crypto], [MD5], [],
+	[if test "x$with_crypto" != xcheck; then
+		AC_MSG_FAILURE([--with-crypto was given, but test for OpenSSL crypto library failed])
+	fi
+	])
+])
 
 dnl Checks for test environment
 AS_CASE([$host],

snapraid.1

@@ -299,10 +299,9 @@ Prints more information in the processing.
 .TP
 .B \(hyT, \(hy\(hyspeed\(hytest
 Executes a speed test of the MD5 implementation used.
-As default, SnapRAID uses a C implementation, but if
-configured with the \(hy\(hywith\(hycrypto option it uses the
-MD5 implementation of the OpenSSL crypto library usually
-faster as written in highly optimized assembler.
+If available, SnapRAID uses the fast MD5 implementation
+from the OpenSSL crypto library. Otherwise it uses a
+slower C implementation.
 .TP
 .B \(hyh, \(hy\(hyhelp
 Prints a short help screen.

snapraid.c

@@ -94,7 +94,15 @@ void speed(void)
 	unsigned blocksize = 256 * 1024;
 	void* block = malloc_nofail(blocksize);
 
-	printf(PACKAGE " v" VERSION " by Andrea Mazzoleni, " PACKAGE_URL "\n");
+#if HAVE_LIBCRYPTO
+	printf("Using OpenSSL libcrypto MD5\n");
+#else
+	printf("Using portable MD5\n");
+#endif
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+	printf("Compiled with gcc " __VERSION__ "\n");
+#endif
+
 	printf("Hashing speed test...\n");
 
 	gettimeofday(&start, 0);

snapraid.d

@@ -212,10 +212,9 @@ Options
 
 	-T, --speed-test
 		Executes a speed test of the MD5 implementation used.
-		As default, SnapRAID uses a C implementation, but if
-		configured with the --with-crypto option it uses the
-		MD5 implementation of the OpenSSL crypto library usually
-		faster as written in highly optimized assembler.
+		If available, SnapRAID uses the fast MD5 implementation
+		from the OpenSSL crypto library. Otherwise it uses a
+		slower C implementation.
 
 	-h, --help
 		Prints a short help screen.

snapraid.txt

@@ -231,10 +231,9 @@ SnapRAID provides three simple commands that allow to:
 
     -T, --speed-test
         Executes a speed test of the MD5 implementation used.
-        As default, SnapRAID uses a C implementation, but if
-        configured with the --with-crypto option it uses the
-        MD5 implementation of the OpenSSL crypto library usually
-        faster as written in highly optimized assembler.
+        If available, SnapRAID uses the fast MD5 implementation
+        from the OpenSSL crypto library. Otherwise it uses a
+        slower C implementation.
 
     -h, --help
         Prints a short help screen.