diff --git a/Support-for-AARCH64.md b/Support-for-AARCH64.md index 0f970d2..25af2b5 100644 --- a/Support-for-AARCH64.md +++ b/Support-for-AARCH64.md @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ Development is begining to provide support for ARM 64 bit CPUs using the aarch64 architecture. -Current status: nothing publicly released. -Coding is progressing with many issues translating SSE to NEON. Some things are done very differently and some things may not be possible. -The lack of flexible lane shuffling is a major problem. Some shuffles may have to be done by inserting one lane at a time. -Current expectations are best performance will be with sha256 based algos and some algos that use AES. Current issues exist with AES for echo & fugue. -Parallel 4 way hashing will not be provided initially but will be added later. -Current problem algos include anything with Echo or Fugue, there are problems with the AES implementation. -Simd has a problem with multiplication that I haven't resolved. -Scrypt has issues with the lack of a blend instruction in NEON that requires a workaround. The lack of mask creating doesn't make it any easier. -Yespower/yescrypt also have issues that aren't fully understood due to the complexity of the current code. -Unresolved issues will result in using completely unoptimized "reference" code. \ No newline at end of file +* Current status: nothing publicly released. +* Coding is progressing with many issues translating SSE to NEON. Some things are done very differently and some things may not be possible. +* The lack of flexible lane shuffling is a major problem. Some shuffles may have to be done by inserting one lane at a time. +* Current expectations are best performance will be with sha256 based algos and some algos that use AES. Current issues exist with AES for echo & fugue. +* Parallel 4 way hashing will not be provided initially but will be added later. +* Current problem algos include anything with Echo or Fugue, there are problems with the AES implementation. +* Simd has a problem with multiplication that I haven't resolved. +* Scrypt has issues with the lack of a blend instruction in NEON that requires a workaround. The lack of mask creating doesn't make it any easier. +* Yespower/yescrypt also have issues that aren't fully understood due to the complexity of the current code. +* Unresolved issues will result in using completely unoptimized "reference" code. \ No newline at end of file