Then this surely affects the Windows bench as well as the linux one. I see it is used in Toom multiplication.
Happy days. There's your 2% missing for Windows! Bill. 2009/3/5 <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com>: > > On Thursday 05 March 2009 16:05:46 Bill Hart wrote: >> Would the loss of these also affect the mpirbench? > > yes > - Show quoted text - > >> >> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---