I'd prefer to change the grep to include a search for GLOBAL_FUNC mpn_name.

Bill.

2009/3/5  <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com>:
>
> 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?
> - Show quoted text -
>
>>
>> 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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