On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 3:15 AM, Ryan May <rma...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I noticed the following in numpy/distutils/system_info.py while trying to > get numpy to build against MKL: > > if cpu.is_Itanium(): > plt = '64' > #l = 'mkl_ipf' > elif cpu.is_Xeon(): > plt = 'em64t' > #l = 'mkl_em64t' > else: > plt = '32' > #l = 'mkl_ia32' > > So in the autodetection for MKL, the only way to get plt (platform) set to > 'em64t' is to test true for a Xeon. This function returns false on my Core2 > Duo system, even though the platform is very much 'em64t'. I think that > check should instead read: > > elif cpu.is_Xeon() or cpu.is_Core2(): > > Thoughts?
I think this whole code is inherently fragile. A much better solution is to make the build process customization easier and more straightforward. Auto-detection will never work well. David _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
