From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Jul 7 16:52: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F337837B400 for ; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 16:52:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from babylon.chem.psu.edu (babylon.chem.psu.edu [146.186.189.194]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57D9D43E4A for ; Sun, 7 Jul 2002 16:52:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lancew@psu.edu) Received: from localhost [216.169.171.140] by babylon.chem.psu.edu with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.11) id A3EC14800E8; Sun, 07 Jul 2002 19:51:08 -0400 Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 19:51:48 -0400 Subject: Re: Intel Fortran Compiler? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v482) Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org To: chat95@mbox.kyoto-inet.or.jp (Nakata Maho) From: Lance M.Westerhoff In-Reply-To: <20020708.082338.608025172.maho@tonton.synchem.kyoto-u.ac.jp> Message-Id: <808B1439-9204-11D6-AFC1-00039357F10C@psu.edu> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.482) Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In our case, the availability of the Intel FORTRAN compiler is extremely important. We are building a 20 node (40 processor) computational biochemistry cluster and if there is no Intel Fortran compiler available then we will have to go with Linux instead of FreeBSD. When you have code that runs for days or even months, 20-30% makes a huge difference in wall clock time. Question for you. What does the "WARNING: this will lead to a mixed up installation if you already use the default linux emulation.." at the `make` mean? Will the installation of this compiler break my other Linux ports? Thanks! -Lance On Sunday, July 7, 2002, at 07:23 PM, Nakata Maho wrote: > Hello, Mr. Lance, >> I notice the following page refers to the availability of an Intel >> Fortran port, but I can't seem to find it in my /usr/ports (I just >> updated my ports (tag=RELENG_4) directory, so I must just be missing >> something. Any insight would be great. >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=37704 > > Thanks for showing interest for my send-pr!! > > We think Intel Fortran Compiler is worth for porting > to FreeBSD! > > Good points: > o Intel Fortran Compiler is highly optimizing compler > for Pentium III, Pentium IV. even athlon(as Pentium III) > o Always 20-30% faster and, especially for Pentium IV, > 2-3 times faster than gcc when use SSE2!! > o You can obtain freely for private or non commercial use. > (See the lisence carefully) > > Bad point: > o Unlike Intel C/C++ compiler, it doesn't produce FreeBSD > native binary(it is not exact, if you use > inline function or standard library, it is impossible, > however if not, one may produce native object). > So it requires linux_base-7 > > Time has passed since I made first port, > this is a newest one: > http://130.54.33.30/~maho/ifc-2002-6-22.tar.gz > > FOR COMMITTERS, > Would you please take a look at my ports? > Again, IT IS A WORTH TO INCLUDE INTO FreeBSD PORTS TREE! > > Thanks in advance, > Nakata Maho > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message