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Re: [PATCH x86_64][BZ #20139] Don't allow configure with not supporting AVX512 assembler w/o --disable-avx512.
- From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- To: Andrew Senkevich <andrew dot n dot senkevich at gmail dot com>, libc-alpha <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:25:11 -0700
- Subject: Re: [PATCH x86_64][BZ #20139] Don't allow configure with not supporting AVX512 assembler w/o --disable-avx512.
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On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 11:16 AM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On 27 Jun 2016 20:40, Andrew Senkevich wrote:
>> +'--disable-avx512'
>> + By default for x86_64, the GNU C Library is built with
>> + '--enable-avx512'. Configure with '--disable-avx512' if assembler
>> + doesn't support AVX512.
>
> people shouldn't have to pass configure flags like this to get a
> successful build. we have all the info in order to figure out a
> sane default. specifying enable/disable flags is purely to not
> use the default autodetection.
> -mike
We want to make sure that x86-64 glibc supports AVX512. Any
suggestions are welcome.
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H.J.