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

[Hal Finkel]

----- 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
> >
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> > Hal Finkel
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> > Leadership Computing Facility
> > Argonne National Laboratory
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