From: Loup Vaillant Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 13:03:34 +0000 (+0200) Subject: README nitpick X-Git-Url: https://git.codecow.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a9d8009ae110867a0935929df2b18f5d872a721f;p=Monocypher.git README nitpick --- diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ce2e603..02d75f8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -164,11 +164,11 @@ contains the `-DED25519_SHA512` option. For instance: $ make CFLAGS="-O2 -DED25519_SHA512" The `-DBLAKE2_NO_UNROLLING` option is a performance tweak. By default, -Monocypher unrolls the Blake2b inner loop, because it is over 25% faster -on modern processors. On some embedded processors however, unrolling -the loop makes it _slower_ (the unrolled loop is 5KB bigger, and may -strain the instruction cache). If you're using an embedded platform, -try this option. The binary will be smaller, perhaps even faster. +Monocypher unrolls the Blake2b inner loop, because doing so is over 25% +faster on modern processors. Some embedded processors however, run the +unrolled loop _slower_ (possibly because of the cost of fetching 5KB of +additional code). If you're using an embedded platform, try this +option. The binary will be about 5KB smaller, and in some cases faster. Contributor notes