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dmake test passed all except the known problem with t/pthreadBarf.t. Also, I think we can fix the breakage in pthread.h by doing the undef in our pdlmagic file that is including pthread.h. Cheers, Chris On 11/6/2011 5:40 PM, chm wrote: > I got it to work with the following: > > Add after the POSIX Threads comment block in pthread.h: > >> #ifdef PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE >> #undef PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE >> #endif > > in order to remedy the fact that perl has added a macro > with the same value. If the pthread one is not already > defined then the perl one is---but this breaks the w32 > pthreads include file. > > Then set the parameters in perldl.conf to > >> WITH_POSIX_THREADS => 1, >> >> POSIX_THREADS_INC => undef, # '-I/usr/pthread/include' >> POSIX_THREADS_LIBS => '-lpthread', # '-L/usr/pthread -lpthreadGC2' > > It is building away as I type. Will let you know how > dmake test comes out.... > > --Chris > > > On 11/6/2011 4:31 PM, chm wrote: >> Hi kmx- >> >> The detection for the pthread library is currently broken. >> To build PDL with pthreads you'll need to explicitly set >> the values of WITH_POSIX_THREADS, POSIX_THREADS_INC, and >> POSIX_THREADS_LIBS where the comment indicate what worked >> for my strawberry perl install was: >> >>> WITH_POSIX_THREADS => undef, >>> >>> POSIX_THREADS_LIBS => '-LC:/chm/strawberry/pthreads/lib -lpthreadGC2', >>> POSIX_THREADS_INC => '-IC:/chm/strawberry/pthreads/include', >> >> and the C:/chm/strawberry/pthreads contained the pthreads >> install location. I'm actually working on the detection >> code this evening so that if a pthread library is in the >> correct location it would be detected and used. >> >> I'll give your library a build try this evening if I can. >> >> Cheers, >> Chris >> >> >> On 11/6/2011 4:14 PM, kmx wrote: >>> Chris and/or Rob, >>> >>> could you please try the following: >>> >>> 1/ take >>> http://strawberryperl.com/package/kmx/p5.14.2.1-RC/strawberry-perl-5.14.2.1-portable-32bit-beta-1.zip >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> 2/ take >>> http://strawberryperl.com/package/kmx/32_libs/5.14-extras/32bit_pthreads-2.9.0-bin_20111101.zip >>> >>> >>> >>> (unzip into the same dir as 1/) >>> >>> 3/ try to build PDL with pthreads support >>> >>> My quick test failed during PDL installation (but it was really a quick >>> shot) >>> >>> Any feedback welcome >>> >>> -- >>> kmx >>> >>> On 3.11.2011 14:13, Chris Marshall wrote: >>>> We've tested the PDL pthread support with "POSIX Threads >>>> (pthreads) for Win32" at http://sourceware.org/pthreads-win32/ . >>>> It is nice because it allows PDL computations to make use >>>> of multicore processors for calculations. Always nice to see >>>> those factors of 2X, 4X, 6X, or more in speedup.... >>>> >>>> --Chris >>>> >>>> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Sisyphus<sisyphus1@optusnet.com.au> >>>> wrote: >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "kmx" >>>>>> As for the future gcc-4.6.2 toolchain there is also an interesting >>>>>> question about including pthreads or winpthreads support as PDL is >>>>>> AFAIK >>>>>> somohow able to handle threads this way (not sure if this is valid >>>>>> for >>>>>> Win32) >>>>> Yes, pthreads works with PDL on Win32. >>>>> There's a crash in one of PDL's pthread test scripts that needs to be >>>>> sorted >>>>> out, but the basic functionality seems to be fine. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Rob > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1411 / Virus Database: 2092/4000 - Release Date: 11/06/11 > >Thread Previous | Thread Next