From owner-freebsd-smp Wed Jun 23 10:27:59 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Received: from ares.cs.Virginia.EDU (ares.cs.Virginia.EDU [128.143.136.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C1E614E06 for ; Wed, 23 Jun 1999 10:27:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from chapin@cs.virginia.edu) Received: from cs.virginia.edu (mamba.cs.Virginia.EDU [128.143.137.15]) by ares.cs.Virginia.EDU (8.9.2/8.9.2/UVACS-1999030200) with ESMTP id NAA11160; Wed, 23 Jun 1999 13:27:08 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199906231727.NAA11160@ares.cs.Virginia.EDU> Reply-To: chapin@cs.virginia.edu From: chapin@cs.virginia.edu (Steve Chapin) To: "M. L. Dodson" Cc: Richard Cownie , Kedar Rajadnya , freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Zevon-of-the-day: Jeannie Needs a Shooter Subject: Re: SMP, 4GB RAM, 4x CPU In-reply-to: Your message of Mon, 21 Jun 1999 15:26:23 CDT. <199906212026.PAA15925@beowulf.utmb.edu> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 13:27:06 -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > So tell us: What's the trick compiler suite on Alpha (both > fortran and c, preferably)? I asked our apps person what she's currently using. Separate from this, we did some benchmarking using the Digital Unix, er, Compaq compilers, and they were much better than g77. We don't yet have them for production use. For C/C++, we're using egcs. > Mostly apps use the native Fortran compiler on whatever > platform, and we hope it will link correctly with gcc-compiled > libraries. So on AIX we use XLF. I have not really used other > platforms other than Linux, but we'd use the vendor Fortran if > at all possible. Under Linux, we use g77 if we can. However, > many apps use extensions and/or Fortran 90 features not > supported by g77, so we have to use an alternative. That's > nothing much on Alpha (we are hoping for the Compaq compilers > Real Soon Now) or the Portland Group compiler on Intel. sc -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message