Yeah the newer versions of autotools work fine for me, they just break
the build on Darwin for reasons beyond me (actually I have a
theory....) . At least we know the old version doesn't screw anything
up.

Bill.

2009/3/14 Jason Moxham <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com>:
>
> On Saturday 14 March 2009 18:35:32 Bill Hart wrote:
>> OK, found the problem. Nocona now builds with core2 code. Can you
>> autoconf this and commit.
>>
>
> I can install my old autotools on another machine, in a few hours.
> The new autotools require ylwrap , which I added with
> automake --add-missing
> ylwrap is used for parralel makes (which I certainly do)
> It's put it as a symbolic link though , I could copy the file itself
>
> commited anyway
>
>
>
>> So now we need to exclude those broken models after all. :-)
>>
>> No need for a full round of testing. We only need to check that
>> configure still works on all the machines we've tested for and just
>> randomly test a few full builds.
>>
>> Bill.
>>
>> 2009/3/14 Jason Moxham <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com>:
>> > On Saturday 14 March 2009 18:13:00 Bill Hart wrote:
>> >> OK, but I'm still unclear why it doesn't pick up the files in the
>> >> core2 directory. That is what it should do based on the code that is
>> >> there. This means noconas are giving a generic C build, which I am
>> >> sure Gonzalo would have complained about by now if it was the case,
>> >> because he has a nocona.
>> >
>> > Perhaps he uses fat build? , which would think its a core2
>> >
>> > There some references missing in configure.in , and a shed load of
>> > inconsistencies . I can fix but it means another round of testing
>> >
>> >> Bill.
>> >>
>> >> 2009/3/14 Jason Moxham <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com>:
>> >> > On Saturday 14 March 2009 18:07:59 Bill Hart wrote:
>> >> >> I get:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> wbh...@sage:~/mpir-test$ ./configure --build=nocona-unknown-gnu-linux
>> >> >> checking build system type... Invalid configuration
>> >> >> `nocona-unknown-gnu-linux': machine `nocona-unknown-gnu' not
>> >> >> recognized
>> >> >> configure: error: /bin/bash ./config.sub nocona-unknown-gnu-linux
>> >> >> failed
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I think config.sub is broken.
>> >> >
>> >> > whoops    linux-gnu not gnu-linux
>> >> >
>> >> >> Bill.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 2009/3/14 Jason Moxham <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com>:
>> >> >> > On Saturday 14 March 2009 17:59:00 Bill Hart wrote:
>> >> >> >> Are you sure about that:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> case $host in
>> >> >> >>           x86_64-*-* | i786-*-*)
>> >> >> >>             path_64="x86_64/amd64 x86_64" ;;
>> >> >> >>           k10-*-*)
>> >> >> >>             path_64="x86_64/amd64/k10 x86_64/amd64 x86_64" ;;
>> >> >> >>           nocona-*-* | core2-*-*)
>> >> >> >> <<-------------------------------------
>> >> >> >>             path_64="x86_64/core2 x86_64" ;;
>> >> >> >> <<-------------------------------------
>> >> >> >>         esac
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Seems to use the core2 code.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > try with ./configure --build=nocona-unknown-gmu-linux and you get C
>> >> >> > and done on a real Pentium D as well
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> Bill.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> 2009/3/14 Jason Moxham <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com>:
>> >> >> >> > On Saturday 14 March 2009 17:41:58 Jason Moxham wrote:
>> >> >> >> >> Early Intel CPUs with Intel 64 lacked LAHF and SAHF
>> >> >> >> >> instructions available in AMD64 until introduction of Pentium 4
>> >> >> >> >> G1 step in December 2005. LAHF and SAHF are load and store
>> >> >> >> >> instructions, respectively, for certain status flags. These
>> >> >> >> >> instructions are used for virtualization and floating-point
>> >> >> >> >> condition handling.
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> I'll  find out model numbers soon
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> > No need for MPIR-1.0.0 , all 64bit  Pentium's default to nonoca
>> >> >> >> > which leads to a generic C build.
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> On Saturday 14 March 2009 17:20:25 Gonzalo Tornaria wrote:
>> >> >> >> >> > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Jason Moxham
>> >> >> >> >> > <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com>
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> >> >> > > I pretty sure all core2 cpus have lahf,sahf , it's just
>> >> >> >> >> > > some Pentium D dont have it . You can test the lahf_lm
>> >> >> >> >> > > feature bit in cpuid to see if it's got it
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> > Tested in:
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> > My laptop: model 6 / family 15 (core 2 duo T5300).
>> >> >> >> >> > My desktop is family 15 / model 6 (pentium D 930).
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> > The "lahf_lm" feature is present in both according to
>> >> >> >> >> > /proc/cpuinfo.
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> > Note that the laptop is "low end" core 2 (in the sense it has
>> >> >> >> >> > no VT extensions). The pentium D is "high end" (in the sense
>> >> >> >> >> > it has VT extensions --- low end would be pentium D 8xx).
>> >> >> >> >> > Maybe that makes a difference?
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> > OTOH, the kvm 64 bit virtual cpu (kvm 72) doesn't seem to
>> >> >> >> >> > know about the "lahf_lm" (meaning, it won't report it in
>> >> >> >> >> > cpuid, even if the host processor has it. I assume the
>> >> >> >> >> > instructions would work anyway.)
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >> > Gonzalo
>>
>>
>
>
> >
>

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