It depends on how long it takes versus a service release. Bill.
2009/3/15 Jason Moxham <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com>: > > On Sunday 15 March 2009 17:23:46 Cactus wrote: >> On Mar 15, 4:45 pm, Jason Moxham <ja...@njkfrudils.plus.com> wrote: >> > 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 >> >> Looks like I don't have to do anything - great - I'm good at this :-) >> >> Brian >> >> PS you guys are far too young to know real computers. Eight 39-bit >> registers in mercury delay lines, 128 'fast' 39 bit memory locations >> in mercury delay lines, 8192 39-bit main memory locations on a large >> magnetitic drum store. Available in 1 hour sessions, usually between >> 2 and 4am in the morning for junior researchers :-) >> > > Is this port for MPIR-1.1.0 or 1.2.0 ? > :) > > > >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
