On Thursday 05 March 2009 16:05:46 Bill Hart wrote: > Would the loss of these also affect the mpirbench?
yes > > Bill. > > 2009/3/5 <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com>: > > The conversion from gas to yasm have lost the defines > > HAVE_NATIVE_* > > so that addlsh1_n etc dont appear in speed or try > > > > > > > > On Thursday 05 March 2009 13:38:29 Bill Hart wrote: > > - Show quoted text - > > > >> 2009/3/5 <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com>: > >> > On Wednesday 04 March 2009 23:56:48 Bill Hart wrote: > >> >> I've had a think, especially considering the 10's of thousands of > >> >> people who will be using MPIR in Sage, not to mention the sponsor, > >> >> and I think we need to write try tests for the mpn functions we use. > >> >> > >> >> We could divide the work in half by one person writing the reference > >> >> tests and the other writing the lt-try tests. I volunteer to write > >> >> the reference tests. I may be able to start this tomorrow after I > >> >> finish with converting the core 2 code to yasm. > >> > > >> > I can do half or all if you want ,although if may be better if I > >> > didn't write either , so if I have made a mistake , you are unlikely > >> > to repeat the same mistake . > >> > Note: > >> > lshift1,rshift1 are just macros on non-amd systems > >> > lshift1,rshift1 overlap requirements are same or separate ONLY > >> > redc_basecase,sumdiff has a mpn/generic written by someone else > >> > addsub returns int not limb > >> > > >> > looking at try it allready has tests for sumdiff ,addlsh1 ,sublsh1 > >> > >> None of those appear in the list when you run try without parameters. > >> We should add those to the list. > >> > >> > so we only need new tests for > >> > redc_basecase,lshift1,rshift1,addadd,addsub > >> > >> Cool. Do you want to add some tests assuming there is a reference > >> implementation available to test against, and I'll write the reference > >> implementation. That's good enough for me. If a different person > >> writes the reference implementation to the original then it's a pretty > >> good test. > >> > >> Bill. > >> > >> > - Show quoted text - > >> > > >> >> Bill. > >> >> > >> >> 2009/3/4 <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com>: > >> >> > On Wednesday 04 March 2009 23:24:59 Bill Hart wrote: > >> >> >> Is there a test for lshift1, rshift1, addlsh1, addrsh1, addadd, > >> >> >> addsub, sumdiff, divebyff or redc_basecase? > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Do we need tests for these? > >> >> >> > >> >> >> I know we use addadd and addsub. Do we use any of the others yet? > >> >> > > >> >> > we use lshift1 rshift1 addlsh1 sublsh1 sumdiff redc_basecase > >> >> > we dont use divebyff > >> >> > make check run tests for all these , but nothing in ./try > >> >> > - Show quoted text - > >> >> > > >> >> >> Bill. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> 2009/3/4 Bill Hart <goodwillh...@googlemail.com>: > >> >> >> > 2009/3/4 <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com>: > >> >> >> >> On Wednesday 04 March 2009 22:40:18 Bill Hart wrote: > >> >> >> >>> I'd like to propose a code freeze on all K8/K10 assembly code, > >> >> >> >>> which I have now converted to yasm format, unless serious bugs > >> >> >> >>> are uncovered. > >> >> >> >>> > >> >> >> >>> If we freeze the code then we can begin testing. I propose we > >> >> >> >>> wear out each and every file with /tests/devel/try including > >> >> >> >>> many small operands and as many different types of data as try > >> >> >> >>> can throw at it. > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> There no point both of us running the same test on cuda1 say , > >> >> >> >> so who does which machine? > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > I am currently running tests on a K8. > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > Do you want to do cuda? > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > That will be enough. > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > Let me just check that: > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > wbh...@host-57-44:~/mpir-trunk/tests/devel$ ./try -s 1-50 -r 10 > >> >> >> > -S 1-50 mpn_blah blah blah > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > does something sensible according to you? > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >>> On my machine the K8 code gets a bench of 15283 which is what > >> >> >> >>> it got before the conversion. Also on K10 I did cycle timings > >> >> >> >>> of all the functions we care about and they did not change (to > >> >> >> >>> within tolerances due to variations between runs of course). > >> >> >> >>> > >> >> >> >>> I'm inclined to finish the core 2 code conversion tomorrow, do > >> >> >> >>> some cleaning up of the C code (insert some whitespace :-)) > >> >> >> >>> and then release 1.0.0. It's just about as much work as > >> >> >> >>> releasing 0.9.1. > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> wasting precious bytes with whitespace :) > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > Now we know what is causing that 2 Trillion dollar debt!! > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >> I thought I ran my C-code thru indent first , to use the > >> >> >> >> standard format , perhaps I missed some files. I really find > >> >> >> >> difficult to believe that people read code formated with the > >> >> >> >> standard amount of whitespace , I'm forever scrolling up and > >> >> >> >> down to try to see the rest of the > >> >> >> >> function.First thing I do when reading code now is to delete > >> >> >> >> most whitespace. > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > Maybe I won't have much to do. I did see some code the other day > >> >> >> > that I would instinctively do some things to however. It's just > >> >> >> > a knee-jerk reaction. > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > I used to despise whitespace too. However I did change my mind > >> >> >> > after certain other programmer told me my code was sending them > >> >> >> > crosseyed. Now I like the sense of peace that one gets from the > >> >> >> > whitespace. It's like having a spacious office as opposed to > >> >> >> > clutter. Obviously I accept it is a matter of preference and > >> >> >> > irrelevant in the scheme of things. However I have observed that > >> >> >> > the majority tend to go for space. > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >>> By the way, make check still runs the yasm tests. > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> It was quite a job do disable all the tests , so I left it , as > >> >> >> >> it doesn't effect the correctness > >> >> >> >> - Show quoted text - > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > That's fine. No problem by me. > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > Bill. > >> >> > > >> >> > - Show quoted text - > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mpir-devel" group. To post to this group, send email to mpir-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mpir-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mpir-devel?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
