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Dear Gentoo Science Devs, |
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By the way of submitting a new ebuild for the IT++ library |
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(http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=120163 ), I raised the issue of |
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CBLAS (C interface to BLAS) support in Gentoo. |
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The IT++ library, which I develop by the way, depends on a set of external |
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libraries, i.e. BLAS, LAPACK and CBLAS. |
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By the time of preparing the ebuild for this library I was wondering if |
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there is a possibility to add "virtual/cblas" to Gentoo, similarly to |
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"virtual/blas" and "virtual/lapack". |
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The reason for this new virtual is that CBLAS interface to BLAS is not |
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always provided by a particular BLAS implementation. |
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I found working CBLAS interface in the following packages in Gentoo: |
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- blas-atlas (libcblas.* set by eselect) |
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- gsl (libgslcblas.*) |
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- mkl |
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But unfortunately it is not provided by: |
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- blas-reference |
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- acml |
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Besides, I prepared a new ebuild with NetLib's CBLAS |
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(http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=122958 ), which will extend the |
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former list. |
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I think that it would be perfect if "virtual/cblas" could be added for |
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these packages that provides CBLAS interface. |
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What is your opinion? |
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Best regards, |
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/Adam Piątyszek |
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PS. I discussed this issue with Markus Dittrich (markusle), who suggested |
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to post the email to the gentoo-science mailing list. |
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