Forgot to mention that I am not 100% sure if the ELF ABI is the same for FreeBSD & Linux on IA64. So please find IA64 FreeBSD & IA64 Linux machines and do the experiment.
Rayson --- On Tue, 8/3/10, Rayson Ho <raysonlo...@yahoo.com> wrote: > a) gcc -c hello.c (on Linux) > b) gcc hello.o (on Solaris, and in your case, FreeBSD) > c) run a.out locally (on Solaris, and again in your case, > FreeBSD) > > And if that works, then replace gcc with open64 and try > again! > > I think there are 2 main pieces of work: > a) make Open64 compilable on FreeBSD > b) make sure that Open64 invokes the FreeBSD linker > correctly. > > > 2) MPI support does not need any changes in the compiler, > as it is an external library. IIRC, OpenMPI works perfectly > on FreeBSD. > > Rayson > > P.S. I am quite busy these days, but nevertheless send any > issues you encounter or questions regarding to the port to > the list. I have quite some experience in porting optimizing > compilers to different OSes, and also handled many system > specific issues. > > And you are allowed to give away guest accounts on your > FreeBSD machines, then I can take a look at some of the > initial or system specific issues. > > > --- On Tue, 8/3/10, Anton Shterenlikht <me...@bristol.ac.uk> > wrote: > > Hi > > > > I'm a lecturer in Solid Mechanics with Mech > > Eng Dept at University of Bristol, UK. > > My research interests are in computational > > mechanics. > > > > I'm preparing a proposal to EPSRC (Engineering > > and Physical Sciences Research Council - a major > > UK government funding body for engineering, > > including computer science and IT) under > > HPC software development call 2010/2011. > > Here's a link to the description of this call: > > http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/funding/calls/open/hpcsoftwaredev/Pages/default1.aspx > > > > I propose to develop an optimising compiler > > with MPI/OpenMP support for ia64 FreeBSD > > platform. Please see my justification at the end. > > > > PathScale (Christopher Bergstrom) expressed > > an interest in my proposal, in principle. > > > > NAG (Numerical Algorithms Group, nag.co.uk) - a major > > UK HPC player, who currently provide user support > > on HeCTOR (http://www.hector.ac.uk/), UK national > > supercomputer - have been very supportive so far. > > > > I'm writing to ask if Open64 team would be > interested, > > in principle, to collaborate on this proposal. > > In any case I'd be very grateful for any feedback. > > > > > > Justification: > > > > ia64 accounts for only 5 system in the top500 > > list. This is mainly due to compliers unable > > to generate efficient code for VLIW (EPIC). > > (Of course, there are other issues to do > > with marketing, etc. but this in beyond the point). > > > > If such compiler, with MPI/OpenMP support, > > were available, this would > > significantly speed-up HPC on ia64 platform. > > > > In terms of scientific outputs - clearly > > all current HPC codes we use will benefit. > > However, some specific coding guidelines for > > ia64 might be developed to help the compiler > > produce efficient code. > > > > A specific engineering application, which > > will be used to benchmark performance > > is a set of multi-scale fracture codes > > we have at Bristol. The codes include > > a finite element part (floating point) and > > a cellular automata part (integer). I'm interested > > in simulating very large models, i.e. using > > large memories, as well as speeding up the > > execution. > > > > FreeBSD (or, for that matter *BSD systems) > > represent at the very least a viable alternative > > to linux. Things like better security > > and more predictable and systematic development > > and release schedule, and more permissible BSD > > licence (compared to GPLv3) might make FreeBSD more > > attractive for HPC in future. > > I think having an alternative to linux > > is beneficial to academia and HPC > > industry. > > > > many thanks > > anton > > > > > > -- > > Anton Shterenlikht > > Room 2.6, Queen's Building > > Mech Eng Dept > > Bristol University > > University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK > > Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 > > Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who > use > > the > > Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to > Palm > > for a share > > of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. 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