Re: 3.9.8

> Guys,
>
> I have just released 3.9.8.  The main thing is a huge bug fix for machines
> where the number of processors isn't a power of 2 (eg., Athlon X3 or
> SiCortex MIPS machine).  On such systems, I failed to return the proper
> number of processors to use when the general GEMM threading algorithm is
> used, which usually means no threading is done!  
>
> I didn't announce it, but I released 3.9.7 just a couple of days ago, and
> it fixed a bug in tgemm that could cause seg faults when K is split.
>
> So, if you are using the developer release on a parallel machine, I
> highly recommend you install 3.9.8.
>
> Cheers,
> Clint
>
> ATLAS 3.9.8 released 02/23/09, changes from 3.9.7
>    * Fixed analagous problem in ATL_tsyrk as the 3.9.6 did for ATL_tgemm;
>      however, tsyrk bug could not have been exercised by current decomposition.
>    * Fixed bug in ATL_Xtgemm where ATL_thrdecompMM failed to return the
>      number of processors on non-power-of-2 processor systems
>    * Introduced some fixes & workarounds for SiCortex/MIPSICE9:
>      - Changed default MIPSICE9 compiler back to gcc, since pathcc produces
>        bad ATL_tsyrk when optimization is above -O1 (confirmed compiler error)
>    * Added dependence on atlas_ptalias3.h in cblas interface Makefile.
> ATLAS 3.9.7 released 02/20/09, changes from 3.9.6:
>    * Fixed bug in ATL_tgemm that caused seg faults for some small-M tGEMMs
>    * Added architectural defaults for K7323DNow (Athlon "classic")
>
>
> **************************************************************************
> ** R. Clint Whaley, PhD ** Assist Prof, UTSA ** www.cs.utsa.edu/~whaley **
> **************************************************************************
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA
> -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise
> -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation
> -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H
> _______________________________________________
> Math-atlas-devel mailing list
> Math-atlas-devel@...
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/math-atlas-devel
>