Need binaries for Solaris x64

rgiltrap · 2006-04-23, 03:21

Has anyone created (or would anyone like to create) working binaries for Solaris 10 x64 Opteron?

The only Solaris binaries I can find are old 2.5 for Sparc.

I looked at compiling Mlucas from source but it's a bit beyond my limited skills :-(

Any help appreciated.

rgiltrap · 2006-04-23, 04:00

While I'm on the topic, given that prime95 works on both Linux and FreeBSD are there any barriers to having it run on Solaris x86? If so what are the issues?

ewmayer · 2006-04-24, 20:51

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Originally Posted by rgiltrap

Has anyone created (or would anyone like to create) working binaries for Solaris 10 x64 Opteron?

The only Solaris binaries I can find are old 2.5 for Sparc.

I looked at compiling Mlucas from source but it's a bit beyond my limited skills :-(

Apparently Rob was being overly pessimistic, because he just sent me a binary which he built (apparently using the Sun C compiler for AMD64/Solaris) and which passed the standard self-test suite successfully. I've posted links to it on the Mlucas homepage, http://hogranch.com/mayer/README.html .

The Mlucas v2.8 sources Rob used don't have the platform-specific identifiers needed for AMD64 (in particular for prefetch macros), so it's possible we can get some further performance improvements that way - I've sent Rob some modified platform-identifier code, will report back once he gets a chance to build with those. But in the meantime, the binary he sent is pretty decent for a first-time build.

rgiltrap · 2006-04-25, 02:45

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Originally Posted by ewmayer

Apparently Rob was being overly pessimistic

I now consider myself to be an uber-compiler

The version I created runs quite well, but still only about 50% the speed of prime95 running on top of WinXP on the same box.

I intend to have this box running Solaris x86 24*7*365 as a SunRay Server for home which is wholly complimentory with running Mlucas. I will keep endeavouring (with help from Ernst) to tweak the performance.

rgiltrap · 2006-04-27, 06:55

Managed to squeeze out another 3.5-4.0% in 32bit mode thanks to switching on prefetching. Now it beats the AMD64/Linux performance.

Next step... get the 64bit goodness flowing.

2006-04-23, 03:21	#1
rgiltrap Apr 2006 Down Under 89 Posts	Need binaries for Solaris x64 Has anyone created (or would anyone like to create) working binaries for Solaris 10 x64 Opteron? The only Solaris binaries I can find are old 2.5 for Sparc. I looked at compiling Mlucas from source but it's a bit beyond my limited skills :-( Any help appreciated.

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2006-04-23, 04:00	#2
rgiltrap Apr 2006 Down Under 1011001₂ Posts	While I'm on the topic, given that prime95 works on both Linux and FreeBSD are there any barriers to having it run on Solaris x86? If so what are the issues?

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rgiltrap Apr 2006 Down Under 89 Posts	Managed to squeeze out another 3.5-4.0% in 32bit mode thanks to switching on prefetching. Now it beats the AMD64/Linux performance. Next step... get the 64bit goodness flowing.