Hi Matt, > Before I get into the latest CMake drama. I wanted to ask a question about: > > >> 1.) Boost: Namik, can you please remove all use of Boost (sources plus > >> build system files)? This is just required at very few locations, mostly > >> sparse stuff, so it shouldn't be a big deal. I'll commit some matrix > >> generation code soon, which will allow us to get rid of all the IO and > >> the testdata files, which is the primary use of Boost. > > Does that mean that boost's compressed_matrix will not be supported by > the gui benchmark algorithm? Should I be using ell_matrix instead for > my sparse matrices? I ask, because the focus of all of my research and > development is on sparse matrices and I have relied heavily upon > compressed_matrix up till now. Which is why I was so distraught to find > out at ublas will be broken in boost 1.56. But that is a conversation > for another day.
this is mostly an internal thing, as the GUI is (at least in its first incarnation) a standalone executable and not a library. ViennaCL provides all the sparse matrix formats itself, so we can run all benchmarks using viennacl::compressed_matrix<>, viennacl::ell_matrix<> and so forth. There is no need to 'duplicate' these operations using uBLAS, as it is done in the tests for verification purposes. Btw: Is uBLAS broken in Boost 1.56? I saw your email on the uBLAS mailing list, but it didn't notice that things were (probably?) that bad... > Now onto CMake builds. Historically, I was apparently incorrectly > downloading the zip file and making my own folder structure. Cloning > makes things much much easier and allowed me to download libarchive > automatically. I realize zlib is not working yet, but I thought I would > send you my CMake output with a clean build directory for your reference > in case you see other issues. zlib *is* supposed to be working and should be included as a submodule just like libarchive. The following steps are sufficient both on my Linux Mint Maya machine and my Windows 7 machine using Git Bash: $> git clone https://github.com/viennacl/viennacl-benchmark-gui $> cd viennacl-benchmark-gui $> git submodule update --init $> mkdir build $> cd build $> cmake .. # will take a while $> make Notes: * The OpenCL library is assumed to be detectable through an environment variable. * The Boost-directories might have to be specified manually, but we try to get rid of this. * Qt should be made known to CMake by specifying CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH. I'll update the build instructions on the GitHub repository accordingly now, so you should have a complete step-by-step guide when you're up :-) Best regards, Karli ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ ViennaCL-devel mailing list ViennaCL-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/viennacl-devel
