Updated 2001/05/18

Sun Performance Library[tm]/Sun WorkShop[tm] 6 update 2 Readme

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. About Sun Performance Library
  3. New Features
  4. Software Corrections
  5. Problems and Workarounds
  6. Limitations and Incompatibilities
  7. Documentation Errata

A. Introduction

This document contains last-minute information about the Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 release of Sun Performance Library. This document describes the software corrections addressed by this release and lists known problems, limitations, and incompatibilities.

For installation-related and late-breaking information about this release, see the Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 Release Notes. Information in the release notes overrides information in all readme files.

To access the release notes and the full Forte[tm] Developer/Sun WorkShop[tm] documentation set, point your Netscape[tm] Communicator 4.0 or compatible browser to the documentation index (file:/opt/SUNWspro/docs/index.html).

To view the text version of this readme, type the following at a command prompt:

   example% more /opt/SUNWspro/READMEs/performance_library
To access the HTML version of this readme, point your Netscape Communicator 4.0 or compatible browser to:
   file:/opt/SUNWspro/docs/index.html

Note -  If your Sun WorkShop software is not installed in the /opt directory, ask your system administrator for the equivalent path on your system.


B. About Sun Performance Library

Sun Performance Library is a set of optimized, high-speed mathematical subroutines for solving linear algebra and other numerically intensive problems. Sun Performance Library is based on a collection of public domain applications available from Netlib at http://www.netlib.org. Sun has enhanced these public domain applications and bundled them as the Sun Performance Library.

Sun Performance Library contains enhanced versions of the following standard libraries:

Announcement to Remove LINPACK From Future Versions of Sun Performance Library

After the Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 release of Sun Performance Library, LINPACK will no longer be included in the library. LAPACK version 3.0 supersedes LINPACK and all previous versions of LAPACK. If legacy user codes that call LINPACK routines cannot be modified to use LAPACK routines, the public domain version of LINPACK can still be obtained from Netlib. Listed below are the LINPACK routines that will be removed.

CCHDC

DCHDC

SCHDC

ZCHDC

CCHDD

DCHDD

SCHDD

ZCHDD

CCHEX

DCHEX

SCHEX

ZCHEX

CCHUD

DCHUD

SCHUD

ZCHUD

CGBCO

DGBCO

SGBCO

ZGBCO

CGBDI

DGBDI

SGBDI

ZGBDI

CGBFA

DGBFA

SGBFA

ZGBFA

CGBSL

DGBSL

SGBSL

ZGBSL

CGECO

DGECO

SGECO

ZGECO

CGEDI

DGEDI

SGEDI

ZGEDI

CGEFA

DGEFA

SGEFA

ZGEFA

CGESL

DGESL

SGESL

ZGESL

CGTSL

DGTSL

SGTSL

ZGTSL

CHICO

ZHICO

CHIDI

ZHIDI

CHIFA

ZHIFA

CHISL

ZHISL

CHPCO

ZHPCO

CHPDI

ZHPDI

CHPFA

ZHPFA

CHPSL

ZHPSL

CPBCO

DPBCO

SPBCO

ZPBCO

CPBDI

DPBDI

SPBDI

ZPBDI

CPBFA

DPBFA

SPBFA

ZPBFA

CPBSL

DPBSL

SPBSL

ZPBSL

CPOCO

DPOCO

SPOCO

ZPOCO

CPODI

DPODI

SPODI

ZPODI

CPOFA

DPOFA

SPOFA

ZPOFA

CPOSL

DPOSL

SPOSL

ZPOSL

CPPCO

DPPCO

SPPCO

ZPPCO

CPPDI

DPPDI

SPPDI

ZPPDI

CPPFA

DPPFA

SPPFA

ZPPFA

CPPSL

DPPSL

SPPSL

ZPPSL

CPTSL

DPTSL

SPTSL

ZPTSL

CQRDC

DQRDC

SQRDC

ZQRDC

CQRSL

DQRSL

SQRSL

ZQRSL

CSICO

DSICO

SSICO

ZSICO

CSIDI

DSIDI

SSIDI

ZSIDI

CSIFA

DSIFA

SSIFA

ZSIFA

CSISL

DSISL

SSISL

ZSISL

CSPCO

DSPCO

SSPCO

ZSPCO

CSPDI

DSPDI

SSPDI

ZSPDI

CSPFA

DSPFA

SSPFA

ZSPFA

CSPSL

DSPSL

SSPSL

ZSPSL

CSVDC

DSVDC

SSVDC

ZSVDC

CTRCO

DTRCO

STRCO

ZTRCO

CTRDI

DTRDI

STRDI

ZTRDI

CTRSL

DTRSL

STRSL

ZTRSL

Compatibility

The LAPACK 3.0 routines in Sun Performance Library are compatible with the user routines from previous versions of LAPACK, including 1.x and 2.0, and with all routines in LAPACK 3.0. However, due to internal changes in LAPACK 3.0, compatibility with internal routines cannot be guaranteed.  Internal routines that might be incompatible are called auxiliary routines in the LAPACK source code available from Netlib. Some information on auxiliary routines is included in the LAPACK Users' Guide, available from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) at http://www.siam.org.

Because the user interfaces to the LAPACK auxiliary routines can change from release to release of LAPACK, the user interfaces to the LAPACK auxiliary routines in Sun Performance Library can change as well. Auxiliary routines compatible with LAPACK 3.0 are generally available for users to call; however, the auxiliary routines are not specifically documented, tested, or supported. Be aware that the user interfaces for the LAPACK auxiliary routines can change in future releases of Sun Performance Library, so that the user interfaces comply with the version of LAPACK supported by that version of the Sun Performance Library.

Documentation

The following Sun Performance Library documentation is available:

Note -  The book Using Sun Performance Library Fast Fourier Transform Routines, released with Sun WorkShop 6 update 1, has been updated and merged with the Sun Performance Library User's Guide. See the Sun Performance Libary User's Guide for information on using the Sun Performance Library FFT routines or the 3p manpages for specific FFT routines.

The following books are available from SIAM or your local bookstore:

The LAPACK Users' Guide is the official reference for the base LAPACK 3.0 routines available on Netlib and provides mathematical descriptions of the LAPACK 3.0 routines.


C. New Features

New Features in the Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 Release

This version of Sun Performance Library provides the following features.

Features in the Sun WorkShop 6 update 1 Release

The version of Sun Performance Library released with Sun WorkShop 6 update 1 introduced the following features:


Features in the Sun WorkShop 6 Sun Performance Library Release

The version of Sun Performance Library released with Sun WorkShop 6 introduced the following features:
 

D. Software Corrections

There is no new information at this time.


E. Problems and Workarounds

This section discusses software bugs that could not be fixed in time for this release. (For updates, check Forte Developer Hot Product News, http://www.sun.com/forte/developer/hotnews.html)

There is no new information at this time.


F. Limitations and Incompatibilities

There is no new information at this time.


G. Documentation Errata

There is no new information at this time.
 


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