Greetings! Per R M Lindstr�m <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Thanks a lot for the information. :D > > It looks like its true what some says about open source code: > > A person with know-how will get a system free of charge. > > A smart person with know-how will get rich on selling a system that is > free of charge. > :-) Also worth noting -- A smart person can in many cases maximize their personal utility by contributing to a community-based software development infrastructure in their area of specialty. Take care, > Best regards > Per Lindstrom > > > Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 at 11:36am, Robert G. Brown wrote > >> > >> Actually, Matlab's lapack *is* ATLAS. They provide several copies of > >> it, > >> compiled for different processors, that get called based on a runtime > >> architecture check. My R13 install has atlas_Athlon.so, atlas_P4.so, > >> atlas_PII.so, atlas_PIII.so, and atlas_PPro.so. In addition, there are > >> directions floating about for compiling your own optimized ATLAS on your > >> particular box and substituting that for the ones that come with Matlab. > >> > > > > This is much like the setup with atlas on Debian, where quite a few > > packages now are transparently accelerated via the selection of an > > atlas .so appropriate for the running machine. Custom builds/timings > > are supported too with one command. > > > > On i386, we have PII, sse1, sse2, and 3dnow builds > > On ppc, generic and altivec > > On sparc, generic and v9 > > On alpha, generic and ev5 > > Others just have generic builds at present. > > > > Here are a list of packages making use of this facility. Packages > > using the libs mentioned below also thereby use the atlas > > blas/lapack. > > > > siptoolbox > > refblas3-test > > r-cran-quadprog > > r-cran-mgcv > > r-cran-kernsmooth > > r-base-core > > python2.3-numeric-ext > > python2.3-numarray-ext > > python2.2-numeric-ext > > python2.2-numarray-ext > > python2.1-numeric-ext > > octave2.1 > > octave-statdataml > > octave-plplot > > octave-forge > > libpetsc2.2.0 > > libgretl1 > > lapack3-test > > lapack3 > > kmatplot > > gretl > > gandalf1 > > atlas3-test > > animal0 > > tela > > paw-static > > paw++-static > > paw++ > > paw > > mpqc > > libphtools1 > > libpdflib804 > > libpaw1 > > libmathlib1 > > libluminate3 > > libisajet758 > > libherwig59 > > libgeant1 > > libcojets1 > > lapack99 > > lapack > > illuminator-demo > > ghemical > > blas-test > > > > > > Take care, > > > >> -- > >> Joshua Baker-LePain > >> Department of Biomedical Engi > > > -- Camm Maguire [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================================== "The earth is but one country, and mankind its citizens." -- Baha'u'llah
