From b41ebb991e8bbce736cf73b9c3d6b7c3e208b2b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tomas Mraz Date: Tue, 18 May 2021 15:23:04 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] speed: Document the deficiencies of the command Fixes #7032 Reviewed-by: Paul Dale (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/15330) --- doc/man1/openssl-speed.pod.in | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/man1/openssl-speed.pod.in b/doc/man1/openssl-speed.pod.in index c834a74ebcc..fc1a388a198 100644 --- a/doc/man1/openssl-speed.pod.in +++ b/doc/man1/openssl-speed.pod.in @@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ B =head1 DESCRIPTION This command is used to test the performance of cryptographic algorithms. -To see the list of supported algorithms, use C -or C command. The global CSPRNG is denoted by -the B algorithm name. =head1 OPTIONS @@ -55,6 +52,10 @@ If I is an AEAD cipher, then you can pass B<-aead> to benchmark a TLS-like sequence. And if I is a multi-buffer capable cipher, e.g. aes-128-cbc-hmac-sha1, then B<-mb> will time multi-buffer operation. +To see the algorithms supported with this option, use +C or C +command. + =item B<-multi> I Run multiple operations in parallel. @@ -110,6 +111,15 @@ pre-compiled grand selection is tested. =back +=head1 BUGS + +The I can be selected only from a pre-compiled subset of things +that the C command knows about. To test any additional digest +or cipher algorithm supported by OpenSSL use the C<-evp> option. + +There is no way to test the speed of any additional public key algorithms +supported by third party providers with the C command. + =head1 HISTORY The B<-engine> option was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0. -- 2.47.3