[vsipl++] I'm having trouble using Sourcery VSIPL++

[Stefan Seefeld]

sonho4 at comcast.net wrote:
>  
> 1) I downloaded the VSIPL++ Binary package (IA32 Microsoft Windows XP),
> sourceryvsipl++-1.2-win-x86 (WinZip file), from
> http://www.codesourcery.com/vsiplplusplus/1.2/download.html to my WinXP
> laptop computer.
>  
> 2) Also, I installed the Intel(R) C++ Compiler for 32-bit applications,
> Version 9.1 (evaluation copy) on my laptop computer.
>  
> 3) I unzipped the VSIPL++ binary package.
>  
> 4) I tried to compile and run /share/sourceryvsipl++/example1.cpp
> *without success.*

The Makefile in that directory assumes a UNIX-like environment with
tools such as pkg-config to extract build parameters from pre-built
and packaged configuration files. Unfortunately, that strategy isn't
supported on Windows, where these tools don't exist.

Instead, it is assumed that you use some platform-specific build
environment (such as the MSVC IDE), where you manually add build
parameters, such as installation paths for third-party libraries
that are used in conjunction with Sourcery VSIPL++.

We are working on ways to enhance this for future releases.

> Please look at the following compilation output and tell me what's wrong.
>  
> The last error showed the header file, mkl_cblas.h, was not found.
> The *VSIPL++ binary package does not contain mkl_cblas.h*. Should I go
> somewhere else to get this missing header file?

The Windows version of Sourcery VSIPL++ is built using Intel's
IPP and MKL libraries (see
http://www.codesourcery.com/public/vsiplplusplus/sourceryvsipl++-1.2/quickstart/chap-installation.html#id287819
for more information on these).
We are looking into how to remove that restriction, i.e. to make IPP and MKL
optional, like they are on other platforms.

Regards,
		Stefan

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Stefan Seefeld
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