[Wien] Re: [WIEN]: Compiling using ifc 7.1 on amd
Torsten Andersen
thor at physik.uni-kl.de
Mon Aug 4 09:00:14 CEST 2003
I do not think (but I can be wrong, of course) the MKL libraries support
anything older than Pentium III, and since the K6 is of the Pentium I
type (but no MMX), you are better off going with the atlas libraries, I
think.
Have fun,
Torsten Andersen.
wien battery wrote:
> Hello All,
> I am compiling Wien2k on an AMD II K6 with 3dnow, I have tried compiling
> with the mkl libraries, but I am receiving errors make 1 and 2 during
> the compilation. Do would you suggest I go with The atlas lib instead?
>
> Thank you for your time.
>
> */Peter Blaha <pblaha at theochem.tuwien.ac.at>/* wrote:
>
> ====
> Peter Blaha
> submitted the following contribution:
> ====
>
> > Thanks Ruben. As far as I can tell everything compiled fine. Maybe to
> > avoid problems in the future maybe a page on the website could be set
> > up, where known functioning compiler options for the various systems
> > could be uploaded so that people could check directly for working
> > settings, and or better setting than they've been using.
>
> The default "ifc" options of siteconfig are pretty good. The only
> problem
> comes with the names of the BLAS-libraries.
>
> I strongly recommend using the mkl library. Using -lblas_lapw you
> run 50%
> slower!!! Of course you have to know where the mkl is installed on your
> computer. (Free download from Intels www.intel.com)
> There are different versions of mkl and typical library names are
> -! lmkl_p4, -lmkl_p3 or -lmkl_ia32. Of course you can use the p4 library
> ONLY on a Pentium IV, NOT on an Athlon.
>
> Since Intel is upgrading its ifc and mkl nearly every month and cleverly
> changes the names (and content) of the libraries frequently, it is
> difficult
> to setup a unique solution, and at the moment it requires that the user
> has some basic knowledge of "Programming".
>
> > > I have compiled Wien2k in our AMD computer with ifc 7.1 and it
> works
> > > fine.
> > >
> > > Use the system option "I" (ifc) from siteconfig not G (GENERIC).
> > > I also use the following options (maybe they are not the best one):
> > >
> > > Compiler options: -FR -mp -w
> > > Linker Flags: -L../SRC_lib -Vaxlib -static
> > > Preprocessor flags '-DParallel
> > > R_LIB (LAPACK+BLAS): -llapack_lapw -lblas_lapw -llapack_lapw
> > > -lblas_lapw
>
> Install the mkl for better performance!
>
> P.Blaha
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