Index: openssl-1.0.2n/crypto/armcap.c
===================================================================
--- openssl-1.0.2n.orig/crypto/armcap.c	2017-12-07 21:16:38.000000000 +0800
+++ openssl-1.0.2n/crypto/armcap.c	2018-01-24 14:37:21.202601904 +0800
@@ -116,6 +116,18 @@
     sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &ill_act.sa_mask, &oset);
     sigaction(SIGILL, &ill_act, &ill_oact);
 
+#ifdef BRCM_ARM_SPECIFIC
+    // BRCM SPECIFIC: do NOT probe for NEON, etc.
+    // On the 138, NEON is only on one core.  The autodetect may detect NEON,
+    // and then migrate to the other core, at which point an illegal instruction 
+    // would be encountered.  
+    
+    // For the 148: currently the neon registers are not saved on a context switch.
+    // If multiple users are accessing neon, then a context switch can cause corrupt
+    // registers.
+    
+    // simply disabling neon by default:
+#else
     if (getauxval != NULL) {
         if (getauxval(HWCAP) & HWCAP_NEON) {
             unsigned long hwcap = getauxval(HWCAP_CE);
@@ -153,6 +165,7 @@
             OPENSSL_armcap_P |= ARMV8_SHA256;
         }
     }
+#endif
     if (sigsetjmp(ill_jmp, 1) == 0) {
         _armv7_tick();
         OPENSSL_armcap_P |= ARMV7_TICK;