Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 11:09:37 +0200 (CEST) From: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PGI Fortran Compiler seems to be courios under FreeBSD 4.1.1-STABLE Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010261109040.54294-100000@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de> In-Reply-To: <20001025113912.U28123@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: Yes, I should do that. Thank you very much! Best wishes, Oliver Hartmann :> :>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." :> - 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-emulation" in the body of the message
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