On Sunday 15 March 2009 17:23:53 Bill Hart wrote: > I've updated the version numbers to 1.0.0 and made the following > updates to documentation: > > Added K8 and K10 to list of processors with assembly support on p2 > Section 2, p3 blurb about --gmp-compat > Section 2.1 added --gmp-compat to the list of options
name changed to --enable-gmplink I had to change it to --enable-something > Removed amd64 and added k10 and nocona to list of host cpus on p5 > Expanded blurb about --enable-fat on p5 to include x86_64 > Reordered details on p12 about MSVC (web addresses were misplaced) > > Would someone run their eye over these and check they look OK. > > In the future we should probably remove all the stuff about build > issues, which is way old, and update the info for various systems. We > should add a step-by-step guide to building with MSVC and we still say > that mpbsd works, which I am not sure is the case at present (though > we have a ticket for this last one). > > Bill. mpbsd is still broken > > 2009/3/15 Jason Moxham <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com>: > > On Sunday 15 March 2009 16:29:31 Jason Moxham wrote: > >> On Sunday 15 March 2009 16:22:31 Bill Hart wrote: > >> > I actually don't know what make dist does, never used it. But assuming > >> > it makes a tarball, we need to have it make a single tarball for both > >> > Windows and linux. It's important that we don't split the project, in > >> > my opinion. > >> > > >> > Bill. > >> > >> Done it . > >> > >> Notice though , make dist is slightly broken for yasm , but it only > >> affects yasm docs , if we fix it we should tell the yasm team. > >> > >> I'll see if I can also get it to touch the *.c *.h in demos/calc > >> automagically > > > > Done > > you can also try > > make distcheck > > > >> > 2009/3/15 Cactus <rieman...@googlemail.com>: > >> > > On Mar 15, 4:02 pm, Jason Moxham <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com> wrote: > >> > >> On Saturday 14 March 2009 15:04:09 Bill Hart wrote: > >> > >> > On 14/03/2009, Jason Moxham <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com> wrote: > >> > >> > > On Saturday 14 March 2009 13:46:51 Bill Hart wrote: > >> > >> > >> I've been working on converting Paul Zimmermann's > >> > >> > >> implementation of the Bodrato-Zanoni Toom-4 algorithm to the > >> > >> > >> mpn_level. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> I've uploaded the current code to the files section. I'm > >> > >> > >> pretty much just going to convert the relevant functions from > >> > >> > >> FLINT's fmpz module (in the file fmpz.c - also uploaded) into > >> > >> > >> tc4_blah functions as required, much as I have done with > >> > >> > >> fmpz_add->tc4_add. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> I thought I would upload it in case anyone felt like working > >> > >> > >> on it today, as I will not be able to work on it for most of > >> > >> > >> the rest of the day. > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > When are we releasing MPIR 1.0.0 ? > >> > >> > > >> > >> > It's always better to release on a weekday, thus I plan to update > >> > >> > documentation tomorrow and release Monday morning. Feel free to > >> > >> > do the docs and tarball for a release candidate while I am away > >> > >> > today, but don't forget to touch .c and .h files in demos/calc > >> > >> > and remove .svn dirs. Actually there is a script in my sage.math > >> > >> > home directory called makempir. > >> > >> > >> > >> make dist nearly works , I'll see if I can get it to go > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> The tc4_addlsh1 function has no analogue in FLINT. I think in > >> > >> > >> every case it is used in Toom-4 it only deals with unsigned > >> > >> > >> integers, which makes it easier to implement. > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > Is this the usual mpn_addlsh_1 ? > >> > >> > > >> > >> > Not quite. It must also deal with operands of different lengths. > >> > >> > > >> > >> > >> Also, the mpn_divexacts, by 12, 18, 30, etc could probably be > >> > >> > >> done efficiently in assembly. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> for example div_exact by 30 is just mul by (2^B - 1)/15, then > >> > >> > >> divide by (2^B - 1) and shift right by 1. > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > I allready have divexact by any factor of 2^B-1 , runs at > >> > >> > > 2.2c/l on K8 , just > >> > >> > > have to squeeze some shifts in too, or somehow combine it with > >> > >> > > the mul > >> > >> > > >> > >> > Cool! > >> > >> > > >> > >> > >> Paul's original implementation is here: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>http://www.loria.fr/~zimmerma/software/toom4.c > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Note it is LGPL v2+. Thanks Paul!! > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> I now believe a very efficient implementation of this could > >> > >> > >> make quite a difference. > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > Nice one :) > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > >> Bill. > >> > > > >> > > Should I assume that ypu are doing a Linux distribution or both a > >> > > Linux and a Windows distribution? > >> > > > >> > > Do I need to prepare a Windows distribution? > >> > > > >> > > Brian > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
