[Rd] Optimized blas?

gb@stat.umu.se gb@stat.umu.se
Thu, 2 Mar 2000 12:39:02 +0100 (CET)


On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, Martyn Plummer wrote:

> On 01-Mar-00 bhoel@server.python.net wrote:
> > R is compiled using the
> > 
> > "-fPIC -O3 -fstrict-aliasing -ffast-math -funroll-loops -mpentiumpro
> > -march=pentiumpro -fschedule-insns2"
> > 
> > compiler switches. I used 
> > 
> > ./configure --with-g77 --enable-blas_risc --enable-readline --with-x
> > 
> > for configuring.
> 
> I can't help noticing that you are configuring for a RISC optimized BLAS
> library on an Intel x86 processor.  I have no idea if this is serious,
> but it seems a bit odd.

Talking about that, is there an x86 optimized (for Linux and/or NT)
BLAS around somewhere?

Göran
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