marcoabreu commented on a change in pull request #10760: [MXNET-372] Add build 
flag for USE_F16C in CMake and clarify flag in make
URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/10760#discussion_r185150678
 
 

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 File path: make/config.mk
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 @@ -132,10 +132,19 @@ endif
 ARCH := $(shell uname -a)
 ifneq (,$(filter $(ARCH), armv6l armv7l powerpc64le ppc64le aarch64))
        USE_SSE=0
+       USE_F16C=0
 else
        USE_SSE=1
 endif
 
+#----------------------------
+# F16C instruction support for faster arithmetic of fp16 on CPU
+#----------------------------
+# For distributed training with fp16, this helps even if training on GPUs
+# If left empty, attempts to identify support and turn it on.
+# During cross compilation, please check support for F16C on target device.
+USE_F16C =
 
 Review comment:
   Value missing?

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