Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 11:39:12 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de> Cc: emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PGI Fortran Compiler seems to be courios under FreeBSD 4.1.1-STABLE Message-ID: <20001025113912.U28123@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010251943010.47561-100000@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de>; from ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de on Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 07:45:04PM %2B0200 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010251943010.47561-100000@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de>
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I would discuss this with the people at PGI, obviously if there software 'almost' runs on FreeBSD and when compiled under Linux it _does_ run they're very close to supporting FreeBSD under emulation. We had some success with the Lahey people, perhaps you ought to contact PGI about this? * O. Hartmann <ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de> [001025 10:44] wrote: > > Dear Sirs. > A couple of weeks ago I started testing Fortran 90 compilers > for FreeBSD und Linux emulation. I regret that the support of > FreeBSD for Fortran 90 compilers is that bad! > > Well, I tested Fujitsu/Siemens Lahey, NAGWare and Portland Group. > Fujitsu Lahey Fortran 95 Express V5.5 for Linux works fine under > FreeBSD 4.1.1-Stable, no problems at all but the debugger has its problems. > NAGWare offers a 'native' FreeBSD compiler, but they want a customer to > pay about 20 Pounds and that is much compared to free downloads for Linux, > Solaris and other OS. I got the Linux version and I'm not very satisfied > about the code it generates and I doubt that the FreeBSD native F95 compiler > will be much better. But this compiler works also under Linux Emulation. > > Well, many devolopers, many scientists and especially our scientists want > Portland Group compiler. So I concentrated my doings on this compiler for > a while, but without success. I can install the newest stuff from Portland > Group, generate a trial evaluation key and I can compile any kind of source > code, but all produced images are crashing immediately after calling them. > Then I installed the Portland Compiler testsuite on Linux, compiled the same > stuff on a Linux box and then transferred the linked image onto our FreeBSD > box and started it there - with great success! It worked fine, did all > caculations ... > > We are very interested in PGI compilers and therefor I'm looking for a way to > run this great compiler suite on our FreeBSD infrastructure. It seems courios > to me that the images of a Linux-box compiled program will work on both FreeBSD > and Linux and the image produced under Linux Emulation on a FreeBSD box is > crashing (while compilation works, but no one knows what's going on ..). > > Does anyone has any idea or is someone out there who has already installed > the PGI compilers (especially PGF90) on FreeBSD? > > Thanks in advance, > O. Hartmann > > - > MfG > O. Hartmann > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de > > Klimadatenserver-Abteilung des IPA > IT Netz- und Systembetreuung > Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz > Becherweg 21 > D-55099 Mainz > BRD/Germany > > Tel: +496131/3924662 > FAX: +496131/3923532 > > - > MfG > O. Hartmann > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de > > Klimadatenserver-Abteilung des IPA > IT Netz- und Systembetreuung > Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz > Becherweg 21 > D-55099 Mainz > BRD/Germany > > Tel: +496131/3924662 > FAX: +496131/3923532 > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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