Hmm, currently configure is well and truly broken on sage.math. Did
something go wrong during autoconf.

Bill.

2009/3/14 Jason Moxham <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com>:
>
> On Saturday 14 March 2009 19:42:33 Bill Hart wrote:
>> OK, can you try autotools and commit again. I went back to revision
>> 1730 and made the changes again, this time hopefully without breaking
>> everything else.
>>
>
> done
>
>> Really odd it didn't tell me my revision was out of date. It usually
>> does if commits cross in the aether.
>>
>
> Mine wont let me commit unless I'm up to date
>
>> Bill.
>>
>> 2009/3/14 Bill Hart <goodwillh...@googlemail.com>:
>> > Oh dear, I think I didn't. I'll back it out and try again.
>> >
>> > Bill.
>> >
>> > 2009/3/14 Jason Moxham <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com>:
>> >> On Saturday 14 March 2009 19:14:50 Bill Hart wrote:
>> >>> That's an excellent solution. Now we just need to fix linux so that it
>> >>> still works on these systems. Oh joy!
>> >>>
>> >>> Bill.
>> >>>
>> >>> 2009/3/14 Cactus <rieman...@googlemail.com>:
>> >>> > On Mar 14, 7:03 pm, Jason Moxham <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com> wrote:
>> >>> >> 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.
>> >>
>> >> did you use the right configure.in , we seem to have lost some stuff eg
>> >> GMPLINK
>> >>
>> >>> >> 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- Hide quoted text -
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> - Show quoted text -
>> >>> >
>> >>> > I have just tested my GMP assembler code (based on Pierrick Gaudry's
>> >>> > code) for mpn_add_n and mpn_sub_n in MPIR on Core2 and it achieves
>> >>> > the same speed as the current code
>> >>> >
>> >>> > So I can solve this on Windows without difficulty by simply using
>> >>> > this code.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > It is very mature code so I don't see any problem in using it (I will
>> >>> > obviously test it).
>> >>> >
>> >>> >    Brian
>>
>>
>
>
> >
>

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