[Llvm-bgq-discuss] Patches for r176829-20130309 (the current vesta version)

[Jeff Hammond]

BGQ uses Redhat on the front-end now...

Jeff

On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 8:53 AM, Prentice Bisbal
<prentice.bisbal at rutgers.edu> wrote:
> Hal,
>
> Relocatable RPMs soulnds like a good idea. I also recommend you use mock to
> build your RPMs. Not sure how well it works with SuSE Linux, but it's a
> great way to make sure you are building your RPM in a "clean" environment
> and can catch all the dependencies needed for the RPM(s) your building.
>
> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Projects/Mock
>
>
> Prentice Bisbal
> Manager of Information Technology
> Rutgers Discovery Informatics Institute (RDI2)
> Rutgers University
> http://rdi2.rutgers.edu
>
> On 03/30/2013 05:10 AM, Hal Finkel wrote:
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>
>>> From: "Jeff Hammond" <jhammond at alcf.anl.gov>
>>> To: "Hal Finkel" <hfinkel at anl.gov>
>>> Cc: llvm-bgq-discuss at lists.alcf.anl.gov
>>> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 7:51:52 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Llvm-bgq-discuss] Patches for r176829-20130309 (the current
>>> vesta version)
>>>
>>> i, who knows nothing about making RPMs, wonder if it is possible to
>>> distribute RPMs so that non-ALCF sites can more easily install LLVM.
>>
>> That seems like a good idea to me. I have made RPMs before, although it
>> seems like what we need here are relocatable RPMs (I've never made those
>> before, so I'll need to read the manual and play with it). Thoughts?
>>
>>   -Hal
>>
>>> best,
>>>
>>> jeff
>>>
>>> On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 6:20 PM, Hal Finkel <hfinkel at anl.gov> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I've attached the patches for the currently-installed version on
>>>> vesta (r176829-20130309). These apply to upstream revision
>>>> r176829. This is the first released version to contain QPX
>>>> autovectorization for single-precision values (in addition to many
>>>> other improvements). I've also included the bgclang wrapper script
>>>> and the libc++ build script (and the llvm build script and the
>>>> exception_ptr.h wrapper header).
>>>>
>>>> Another user-visible change to mention: You no longer need to
>>>> explicitly include the qpxintrin.h header to use the IBM-style QPX
>>>> intrinsics. This header is now automatically included for you.
>>>>
>>>> For any of you doing first-time on-your-own installs (or anyone
>>>> else), please feel free to ask questions about how all of this
>>>> needs to be setup in practice.
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> Hal
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Hal Finkel
>>>> Postdoctoral Appointee
>>>> Leadership Computing Facility
>>>> Argonne National Laboratory
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