On Thursday 05 March 2009 16:19:32 Bill Hart wrote:
> Even if it is by filename, it might not recognise them now that they
> are .as files.


looks like it just grep's *.asm or *.as for the keyword PROLOGUE(mpn_name)
so perhaps we could put PROLOGUE(mpn_name) in the *.as as a empty macro?


>
> 2009/3/5 Bill Hart <goodwillh...@googlemail.com>:
> > Don't the M4 macros PROLOGUE(mpn_blah) in the .asm files trigger this?
> > Now that they are .as files with GLOBAL_FUNC mpn_blah instead of
> > PROLOGUE(mpn_blah) it just thinks the functions don't exist. Or does
> > it do by filename.
> >
> > Bill.
> >
> > 2009/3/5  <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com>:
> >> On Thursday 05 March 2009 16:10:04 Bill Hart wrote:
> >>> 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!
> >>
> >> I'm not so sure , the problem is in configure.in , before configure
> >> generates config.h with our HAVE_NATIVE_mpn_addlsh1_n etc , and now its
> >> empty
> >
> > - Show quoted text -
> >
> >> - Show quoted text -
> >>
> >>> 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 -
>
> 


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