[gmx-users] Re: How to enable fortran inner loops in Itanium 2

[David van der Spoel]

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, Michel Cuendet wrote:

>Hi,
>
>>>I have read the following in the website of gromacs. Recently I want to compile the gromacs code in our Itanium 2(1.G) cluster, but I find that the efficient is less than the Petiume 4 cpu(2.8G). I think if I can enable the fortran inner loops, It may be fast than the Petiume 4 right? Can anyone tell me how to enable it?
>> 
>> ./configure --enable-fortran
>> 
>> It will not be faster than P4.
>> 
>It would be much faster with the itanium2 assembly loops. I've been desperately
>waiting for them. The worst part is that they are already implemented, and I've
>been crying and begging for them, but they are waiting next version of gromacs
>to release them.... If there is a running beta version somewhere, or a doable
>way to hack it into an existing version, please, gromacs developpers, let us know !!
>
>Cheers, happy new year,
>
>Michel Cuendet

try the latest CVS version

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David.
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