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    Update our vsha256 with the latest improvements from Colin Percival: · 1f631aa6
    Poul-Henning Kamp authored
    Retune SHA2 code for improved performance on CPUs with more ILP and
    a preference for memory load instructions over large code footprints
    with embedded immediate variables.
    
    On amd64 CPUs from 2007-2008 there is not a significant change, but
    amd64 CPUs from 2009-2010 get roughly 10% more throughput with this
    code; amd64 CPUs from 2011-2012 get roughly 15% more throughput; and
    AMD64 CPUs from 2013-2015 get 20-25% more throughput.  The Raspberry
    Pi 2 increases its throughput by 6-8%.
    
    Sponsored by:   Tarsnap Backup Inc.
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