On Sunday 18 January 2009 21:25:10 Bill Hart wrote:

runing strings on the libgmp.a I notice we have namespace pollution from all 
the new gcd stuff and mpn_modexact_1odd



> I've checked that exactly the same files are compiled and linked when
> working on a 64 bit machine as on a 32 bit machine.
>
> It looks like gmp-impl.h defines __gmpn_cpuvec as being external. I
> was wrong about this being defined in fat.h, it is merely used there.
>
> The definition of __gmpn_cpuvec is actually in /mpn/x86_64/fat/fat.c.
> This is defined unconditionally in there, so this file is somehow not
> being linked into the library on a 64 bit machine. But I still don't
> know why.
>
> Bill.
>
> 2009/1/18 Bill Hart <goodwillh...@googlemail.com>:
> > Nope that wasn't it. I fixed that problem and committed a fix, but the
> > original problem still remains.
> >
> > Bill.
> >
> > 2009/1/18 Bill Hart <goodwillh...@googlemail.com>:
> >> I think I have a clue. I can't get any of the tests in /tests/mpn to
> >> work. They all bomb out.
> >>
> >> Looking in configure.in I see that for a 32 bit x86 build it puts
> >> path="x86/fat x86" but for the 64 bit build I had path_64="x86_64
> >> x86_64/fat" with the directories in the opposite order. When I
> >> autoconf and try to configure again it bombs out with:
> >>
> >> checking size of mp_limb_t... 8
> >> configure: error: Oops, mp_limb_t is 64 bits, but the assembler code
> >> in this configuration expects 32 bits.
> >>
> >> So there is something inherently 32 bit about the files in
> >> /mpn/x86_64/fat (which is not a surprise, as I copied them from
> >> /mpn/x86/fat).
> >>
> >> Probably if we fix this it will work.
> >>
> >> Bill.
> >>
> >> 2009/1/18 Bill Hart <goodwillh...@googlemail.com>:
> >>> Yeah that is interesting. It might be a clue.
> >>>
> >>> The funny thing is, everything we need is defined in fat.h (which is
> >>> created by configure). But fat.h is included by gmp-impl.h if
> >>> WANT_FAT_BINARY is set, which it is if config.h is included, which it
> >>> is if we don't have __GMP_WITHIN_CONFIGURE set, which is only set by
> >>> configure itself when running.
> >>>
> >>> So I just don't see why it isn't picking up the requisite stuff from
> >>> fat.h.
> >>>
> >>> Bill.
> >>>
> >>> 2009/1/18  <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com>:
> >>>> On Sunday 18 January 2009 18:59:46 Bill Hart wrote:
> >>>>> did it get to addmul or lshift yet?
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm not entirely sure , but these are the only functions that give
> >>>> errors eg make t-mul in the tests/mpz directory
> >>>>
> >>>>> I don't know what is different about them. They are done in a pretty
> >>>>> similar way to addmul_1 and submul_1.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Bill.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 2009/1/18  <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com>:
> >>>>> > On Sunday 18 January 2009 18:45:35 Bill Hart wrote:
> >>>>> >> That's likely because by the time those reference functions are
> >>>>> >> used, the actual mpn functions referred to have already been
> >>>>> >> tested.
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >> I don't think this can be the issue anyway, as everything works
> >>>>> >> fine on a 32 bit machine.
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >> The actual error I got was a red herring anyway. The actual
> >>>>> >> __gmp_cpuvec that we are after is defined in /mpn/x86_64/fat.c.
> >>>>> >> Somehow it isn't picking this file up when building libtests.la or
> >>>>> >> something in it.
> >>>>> >>
> >>>>> >> Bill.
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > make[4]: `libtests.la' is up to date.
> >>>>> > /bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC --mode=link gcc -std=gnu99  -O2 -m64  
> >>>>> > -o t-bswap t-bswap.o libtests.la ../libgmp.la
> >>>>> > gcc -std=gnu99 -O2 -m64 -o .libs/t-bswap
> >>>>> > t-bswap.o  ./.libs/libtests.a
> >>>>> > /root/mpir/mpir/mpir/trunk/.libs/libgmp.so ../.libs/libgmp.so
> >>>>> > /root/mpir/mpir/mpir/trunk/.libs/libgmp.so: undefined reference to
> >>>>> > `__gmpn_sub_n'
> >>>>> > /root/mpir/mpir/mpir/trunk/.libs/libgmp.so: undefined reference to
> >>>>> > `__gmpn_cpuvec_init'
> >>>>> > /root/mpir/mpir/mpir/trunk/.libs/libgmp.so: undefined reference to
> >>>>> > `__gmpn_cpuvec'
> >>>>> > /root/mpir/mpir/mpir/trunk/.libs/libgmp.so: undefined reference to
> >>>>> > `__gmpn_add_n'
> >>>>> > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > Only add and sub have a problem , not addmul or lshift , whats
> >>>>> > different about them?
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> >> 2009/1/18  <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com>:
> >>>>> >> > On Sunday 18 January 2009 17:26:54 Bill Hart wrote:
> >>>>> >> >> As a further data point make check works on cicero (which is a
> >>>>> >> >> 32 bit x86 Pentium 4) with --enable-fat. So I don't see why it
> >>>>> >> >> shouldn't work on a 64 bit machine.
> >>>>> >> >>
> >>>>> >> >> Bill.
> >>>>> >> >
> >>>>> >> > refmpn.c and refmpf.c  have some referances to plain mpn_fn ,
> >>>>> >> > change these to refmpn_fn
> >>>>> >> >
> >>>>> >> > this clears up some of the errors....
> >>>>> >> >
> >>>>> >> >> 2009/1/18 Bill Hart <goodwillh...@googlemail.com>:
> >>>>> >> >> > I've hacked up "support" for --enable-fat on x86_64. It's a
> >>>>> >> >> > bit hackish (though I think the 32 bit fat support was
> >>>>> >> >> > already hackish).
> >>>>> >> >> >
> >>>>> >> >> > At this moment however, make check will not build, with
> >>>>> >> >> > error:
> >>>>> >> >> >
> >>>>> >> >> > ./.libs/libtests.a(refmpn.o): In function
> >>>>> >> >> > `refmpn_mod_34lsub1': refmpn.c:(.text+0x1f3): undefined
> >>>>> >> >> > reference to `__gmpn_cpuvec'
> >>>>> >> >> >
> >>>>> >> >> > etc. Now refmpn.c #include gmp-impl.h which defines
> >>>>> >> >> > __gmpn_cpuvec on line 3783 *provided* WANT_FAT_BINARY is
> >>>>> >> >> > defined and set (see line 3753). The thing is, make requires
> >>>>> >> >> > that to be set in order to build a fat binary in the first
> >>>>> >> >> > place. Surely configure configures this the same for make and
> >>>>> >> >> > for make check. So I honestly don't know why make check
> >>>>> >> >> > fails. If anyone has any insight into this, please let me
> >>>>> >> >> > know.
> >>>>> >> >> >
> >>>>> >> >> > I'll now mention some of the more hackish aspects of getting
> >>>>> >> >> > --enable- fat to work on x86_64:
> >>>>> >> >> >
> >>>>> >> >> > * I removed the check for HAVE_HOST_CPU_FAMILY_x86 on line
> >>>>> >> >> > 3753 of gmp- impl.h. This was hackish. Obviously configure
> >>>>> >> >> > should not continue if fat binary is not supported on the
> >>>>> >> >> > host cpu. It shouldn't be left until this point to determine
> >>>>> >> >> > that. I did try to add a
> >>>>> >> >> > HAVE_HOST_CPU_FAMILY_x86_64 flag, but for some reason I
> >>>>> >> >> > couldn't get it to work.
> >>>>> >> >> >
> >>>>> >> >> > * I had to put a modified copy of yasm_mac.inc in /mpn and
> >>>>> >> >> > /mpn/ x86_64. Now it inserts suffices on function names when
> >>>>> >> >> > calling the macro GLOBAL_FUNC. Only when building a fat
> >>>>> >> >> > binary does it refer to these copies of yasm_mac.inc instead
> >>>>> >> >> > of the one in the root of the source tree, thus suffices will
> >>>>> >> >> > not be added for a normal build.
> >>>>> >> >> >
> >>>>> >> >> > * I had to copy /mpn/x86/fat/* into /mpn/x86_64/fat. But note
> >>>>> >> >> > that I have not defined any 64 bit family/model/stepping
> >>>>> >> >> > values in the fake CPUID tables in fat.c as of yet. This
> >>>>> >> >> > probably means that the fat binary which is build does
> >>>>> >> >> > nothing. But someone can add the relevant CPUID values if
> >>>>> >> >> > they feel so inspired.
> >>>>> >> >> >
> >>>>> >> >> > * Probably a fat binary build on x86_64 doesn't work on 64
> >>>>> >> >> > bit Windows (I'm not talking about MSVC here, but something
> >>>>> >> >> > like Cygwin64 if and when it exists). because the filenames
> >>>>> >> >> > with suffices are longer than the usual 8.3 format. I don't
> >>>>> >> >> > know if this is a problem or not, but it might be.
> >>>>> >> >> >
> >>>>> >> >> > * Configure almost certainly can't find functions in
> >>>>> >> >> > multifunction yasm assembler files implemented with macros.
> >>>>> >> >> > It has no idea how to interpret the macro language of yasm.
> >>>>> >> >> > Thus functions probably won't be picked up from multifunction
> >>>>> >> >> > files. Whilst we use macros, we currently have separate files
> >>>>> >> >> > for each of the macro'd functions, so this is actually not a
> >>>>> >> >> > problem at present (it infers the function names from the
> >>>>> >> >> > filenames alone if they are not actually implemented as
> >>>>> >> >> > multifunction files). But it will break when we fix
> >>>>> >> >> > multifunction support.
> >>>>> >> >> >
> >>>>> >> >> > Lots of other hacking was required to get this far. But the
> >>>>> >> >> > above is the worst of it. I'll add it to a trac ticket for
> >>>>> >> >> > someone with more patience than myself to fix.
> >>>>> >> >> >
> >>>>> >> >> > Bill.
> >>>>> >> >> >
> >>>>> >> >> > On Jan 15, 1:25 am, "Bill Hart" <goodwillh...@googlemail.com> 
wrote:
> >>>>> >> >> >> 2009/1/15 Bill Hart <goodwillh...@googlemail.com>:
> >>>>> >> >> >> > The problem with --enable-fat on 64 bit systems is that it
> >>>>> >> >> >> > searches the 64 bit assembly directories for functions but
> >>>>> >> >> >> > sets the fat directories to the 32 bit x86 directories.
> >>>>> >> >> >> > This can easily be fixed. Lines 1457-1476 of configure.in
> >>>>> >> >> >> > need to be replicated for the following case statement
> >>>>> >> >> >> > which deals with 64 bit machines, but with the correct
> >>>>> >> >> >> > directories set.
> >>>>> >> >> >>
> >>>>> >> >> >> Actually this won't quite directly work. The reason is that
> >>>>> >> >> >> in order to determine which functions it should include in
> >>>>> >> >> >> the fat binary, it looks for PROLOGUE(mpn_fnname) in the
> >>>>> >> >> >> assembly files. We don't use that macro in the x86_64
> >>>>> >> >> >> assembly code (which is in yasm format).
> >>>>> >> >> >>
> >>>>> >> >> >> We could fix this by modifying what it looks for
> >>>>> >> >> >> appropriately on x86_64. We should be looking for
> >>>>> >> >> >> GLOBAL_FUNC mpn_fnname instead.
> >>>>> >> >> >>
> >>>>> >> >> >> Bill.
>
> 


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