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+bionic.patch:
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+Allows scrypt to compile against bionic.
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+use_openssl_pbkdf2.patch:
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+Uses the PBKDF2 function from OpenSSL (it uses accelerated SHA256)
+
+arm-neon.patch:
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+Adds NEON acceleration for the Salsa20/8 mixing function.