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Details:
- Added logic to configure that checks the version of the compiler
against known version ranges that could cause problems later in the
build process. For example, versions of gcc older than 4.9.0 use
different -march labels than version 4.9.0 or later
('-march=corei7-avx' vs '-march=sandybridge', respectively).
Similarly, before 6.1, compilation on Zen was possible, but you
need to start with -march=bdver4 and then disable instruction sets
that were discarded during the transition from Excavator to Zen. So
now, configure substitutes 'yes'/'no' values into anchors in
config.mk.in, which sets various make variables (e.g. GCC_OT_4_9_0),
which can be accessed and branched upon by the various
configurations' make_defs.mk files when setting their compiler flags.
- Updated config/haswell/make_defs.mk to branch on GCC_OT_4_9_0.
- Updated config/sandybridge/make_defs.mk to branch on GCC_OT_4_9_0.
- Updated config/zen/make_defs.mk to branch on GCC_OT_6_1_0.
For more information on sub-configurations and configuration families in BLIS, please read the Configuration Guide, which can be viewed in markdown-rendered form from the BLIS wiki page.
If you don't have time, or are impatient, take a look at the config_registry
file in the top-level directory of the BLIS distribution. It contains a
grammar-like mapping of configuration names, or families, to sub-configurations,
which may be other families. Keep in mind that the / notation:
<config>: <config>/<name>
means that the kernel set associated with <name> should be made available to
the configuration <config> if <config> is targeted at configure-time.
(Some configurations borrow kernels from other configurations, and this is how
we specify that requirement.)