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PSBLAS library, version 3.8
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===========================
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The architecture of the Fortran 2003 sparse BLAS is described in:
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>S. Filippone, A. Buttari. Object-Oriented Techniques for Sparse Matrix
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>Computations in Fortran 2003, ACM Trans. on Math. Software, vol. 38, No.
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4, 2012.
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The ideas are explored further with the paper:
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>V. Cardellini, S. Filippone and D. Rouson. Design Patterns for
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>sparse-matrix computations on hybrid CPU/GPU platforms, Scientific
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>Programming, 22(2014), pp.1-19.
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Version 1.0 of the library is described in:
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>S. Filippone, M. Colajanni. PSBLAS: A library for parallel linear
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>algebra computation on sparse matrices, ACM Trans. on Math. Software,
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>26(4), Dec. 2000, pp. 527-550.
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UTILITIES
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The `test/util` directory contains some utilities to convert to/from
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Harwell-Boeing and MatrixMarket file formats.
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DOCUMENTATION
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-------------
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See docs/psblas-3.8.pdf; an HTML version of the same document is
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available in docs/html. Please consult the sample programs, especially
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test/pargen/psb_[sd]_pde[23]d.f90
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OTHER SOFTWARE CREDITS
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----------------------
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We originally included a modified implementation of some of the Sparker
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(serial sparse BLAS) material; this has been completely rewritten, way
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beyond the intention(s) and responsibilities of the original developers.
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The main reference for the serial sparse BLAS is:
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>Duff, I., Marrone, M., Radicati, G., and Vittoli, C. Level 3 basic
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>linear algebra subprograms for sparse matrices: a user level interface,
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>ACM Trans. Math. Softw., 23(3), 379-401, 1997.
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INSTALLING
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To compile and run our software you will need the following
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prerequisites (see also SERIAL below):
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1. A working version of MPI
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2. A version of the BLAS; if you don't have a specific version for your
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platform you may try ATLAS available from
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http://math-atlas.sourceforge.net/
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3. We have had good results with the METIS library, from
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http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~karypis/metis/metis/main.html.
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This is optional; it is used in the util and test/fileread
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directories but only if you specify `--with-metis`.
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4. If you have the AMD package of Davis, Duff and Amestoy, you can
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specify `--with-amd` (see `./configure --help` for more details).
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We use the C interface to AMD.
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The configure script will generate a Make.inc file suitable for building
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the library. The script is capable of recognizing the needed libraries
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with their default names; if they are in unusual places consider adding
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the paths with `--with-libs`, or explicitly specifying the names in
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`--with-blas`, etc. Please note that a common way for the configure script
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to fail is to specify inconsistent MPI vs. plain compilers, either
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directly or indirectly via environment variables; e.g. specifying the
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Intel compiler with `FC=ifort` while at the same time having an
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`MPIFC=mpif90` which points to GNU Fortran. The best way to avoid this
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situation is (in our opinion) to use the environment modules package
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(see http://modules.sourceforge.net/), and load the relevant
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variables with (e.g.)
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```
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module load gnu46 openmpi
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```
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This will delegate to the modules setup to make sure that the version of
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openmpi in use is the one compiled with the gnu46 compilers. After the
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configure script has completed you can always tweak the Make.inc file
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yourself.
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After you have Make.inc fixed, run
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```
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make
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```
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to compile the library; go to the test directory and its subdirectories
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to get test programs done. If you specify `--prefix=/path` you can do make
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install and the libraries will be installed under `/path/lib`, while the
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module files will be installed under `/path/modules`. The regular and
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experimental C interface header files are under `/path/include`.
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SERIAL
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------
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Configuring with `--enable-serial` will provide a fake MPI stub library
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that enables running in pure serial mode; no MPI installation is needed
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in this case (but note that the fake MPI stubs are only guaranteed to
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cover what we use internally, it's not a complete replacement).
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INTEGER SIZES
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-------------
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We have two kind of integers: IPK for local indices, and LPK for
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global indices. They can be specified independently at configure time,
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e.g.
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--with-ipk=4 --with-lpk=8
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which is asking for 4-bytes local indices, and 8-bytes global indices
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(this is the default).
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TODO
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Fix all reamining bugs. Bugs? We dont' have any ! ;-)
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The PSBLAS team.
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---------------
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Project lead:
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Salvatore Filippone
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Contributors (roughly reverse cronological order):
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Andea Di Iorio
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Stefano Petrilli
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Soren Rasmussen
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Zaak Beekman
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Ambra Abdullahi Hassan
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Pasqua D'Ambra
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Alfredo Buttari
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Daniela di Serafino
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Michele Martone
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Michele Colajanni
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Fabio Cerioni
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Stefano Maiolatesi
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Dario Pascucci
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RELATED SOFTWARE
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----------------
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If you are looking for more sophisticated preconditioners, you may be
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interested in the package AMG4PSBLAS from
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<http://github.com/sfilippone/amg4psblas>
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Contact: <https://github.com/sfilippone/psblas3>
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