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Preface

This book describes how to use the SunTM specific extensions and features included with the Sun Performance Library subroutines that are supported by the Sun WorkShopTM 6 FORTRAN 77, Fortran 95, and C compilers.

Who Should Use This Book

This is a reference manual intended for programmers who have a working knowledge of the Fortran or C language and some understanding of the base LAPACK, BLAS, FFTPACK, VFFTPACK, and LINPACK libraries available from Netlib (http://www.netlib.org).

What Is in This Book

This book is organized into the following chapters and appendixes:

Chapter 1, "Introduction," describes the benefits of using the Sun Performance Library and the features of the Sun Performance Library.

Chapter 2, "Using Sun Performance Library," describes how to use the f77, f95, and C interfaces provided with the Sun Performance Library.

Chapter 3, "SPARC Optimization and Parallel Processing," shows how to use compiler and linking options to maximize library performance for specific SPARCTM instruction set architectures and different parallel processing modes.

Chapter 4, "Working With Matrices," includes information on matrix storage schemes, matrix types, and sparse matrices.

Appendix A, "Sun Performance Library Routines," lists the Sun Performance Library routines organized according to name, routine, and library.

What Is Not in This Book

This book does not repeat information included in existing LAPACK and LINPACK books or sources on Netlib. Refer to the section Related Documents and Web Sites for a list of sources that contain reference material for the base routines upon which Sun Performance Library is based.

Typographic Conventions

TABLE P-1 shows the typographic conventions that are used in Sun WorkShop documentation.

TABLE P-1   Typographic Conventions
Typeface Meaning Examples
AaBbCc123 The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. % You have mail.
AaBbCc123 What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output % su Password:
AaBbCc123 Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized Read Chapter 6 in the User's Guide. These are called class options. You must be superuser to do this.
AaBbCc123 Command-line placeholder text; replace with a real name or value To delete a file, type rm filename.


Shell Prompts

TABLE P-2 shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.

TABLE P-2   Shell Prompts
Shell Prompt
C shell %
Bourne shell and Korn shell $
C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell superuser #


Access to Sun WorkShop Development Tools

Because Sun WorkShop product components and man pages do not install into the standard /usr/bin/ and /usr/share/man directories, you must change your PATH and MANPATH environment variables to enable access to Sun WorkShop compilers and tools.

To determine if you need to set your PATH environment variable:

1. Display the current value of the PATH variable by typing:

% echo $PATH

2. Review the output for a string of paths containing /opt/SUNWspro/bin/.

If you find the paths, your PATH variable is already set to access Sun WorkShop development tools. If you do not find the paths, set your PATH environment variable by following the instructions in this section.

To determine if you need to set your MANPATH environment variable:

1. Request the workshop man page by typing:

% man workshop

2. Review the output, if any.

If the workshop(1) man page cannot be found or if the man page displayed is not for the current version of the software installed, follow the instructions in this section for setting your MANPATH environment variable.


Note – The information in this section assumes that your Sun WorkShop 6 products were installed in the /opt directory. Contact your system administrator if your Sun WorkShop software is not installed in /opt.

The PATH and MANPATH variables should be set in your home .cshrc file if you are using the C shell or in your home .profile file if you are using the Bourne or Korn shells:

For more information about the PATH variable, see the csh(1), sh(1), and ksh(1) man pages. For more information about the MANPATH variable, see the man(1) man page. For more information about setting your PATH and MANPATH variables to access this release, see the Sun WorkShop 6 Installation Guide or your system administrator.

Related Documents and Web Sites

A number of books and web sites provide reference information on the routines in the base libraries (LAPACK, LINPACK, BLAS, and so on) upon which the Sun Performance Workshop is based. Sun Performance Library includes extensions to the base libraries that are not described in the books from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) or the online Netlib documents.

LAPACK and LINPACK Books

The following books augment this manual and provide essential information:

The LAPACK Users' Guide, 3rd ed. is the official reference for the base LAPACK version 3.0 routines. An online version of the LAPACK 3.0 Users' Guide is available at http://www.netlib.org/lapack/lug/, and the printed version is available from SIAM.

Sun Performance Library routines contain performance enhancements, extensions, and features not described in the LAPACK Users' Guide. However, because Sun Performance Library maintains compatibility with the base LAPACK routines, the LAPACK Users' Guide can be used as a reference for the types of LAPACK routines and the FORTRAN 77 interfaces.

Sparse BLAS and Sparse Solver Books and Papers

The following books and papers provide additional information for the sparse BLAS and sparse solver routines.

Online Resources

Online information describing the performance library routines that form the basis of the Sun Performance Library can be found at:

LAPACK version 3.0
http://www.netlib.org/lapack/
BLAS, levels 1 through 3
http://www.netlib.org/blas/
FFTPACK version 4
http://www.netlib.org/fftpack/
VFFTPACK version 2.1
http://www.netlib.org/vfftpack/
Sparse BLAS
http://www.netlib.org/sparse-
blas/index.html
NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) Fortran Sparse BLAS
http://math.nist.gov/spblas/
LINPACK
http://www.netlib.org/linpack/


Related Sun WorkShop 6 Documentation

You can access documentation related to the subject matter of this book in the following ways:

TABLE P-3 lists related Sun WorkShop 6 manuals by document collection.

TABLE P-3   Related Sun WorkShop 6 Documentation by Document Collection 
Document Collection Document Title Description
ForteTM Developer 6 / Sun WorkShop 6 Release Documents About Sun WorkShop 6 Documentation Describes the documentation available with this Sun WorkShop release and how to access it.

What's New in Sun WorkShop 6 Provides information about the new features in the current and previous release of Sun WorkShop.

Sun WorkShop 6 Release Notes Contains installation details and other information that was not available until immediately before the final release of Sun WorkShop 6. This document complements the information that is available in the component readme files.
Forte Developer 6 / Sun WorkShop 6 Analyzing Program Performance With Sun WorkShop 6 Explains how to use the new Sampling Collector and Sampling Analyzer (with examples and a discussion of advanced profiling topics) and includes information about the command-line analysis tool er_print, the LoopTool and LoopReport utilities, and UNIX profiling tools prof, gprof, and tcov.

Debugging a Program With dbx Provides information on using dbx commands to debug a program with references to how the same debugging operations can be performed using the Sun WorkShop Debugging window.

Introduction to Sun WorkShop Acquaints you with the basic program development features of the Sun WorkShop integrated programming environment.
ForteTM C 6 / Sun WorkShop 6 Compilers C C User's Guide Describes the C compiler options, Sun-specific capabilities such as pragmas, the lint tool, parallelization, migration to a 64-bit operating system, and ANSI/ISO-compliant C.
ForteTM C++ 6 / Sun WorkShop 6 Compilers C++ C++ Library Reference Describes the C++ libraries, including C++ Standard Library, Tools.h++ class library, Sun WorkShop Memory Monitor, Iostream, and Complex.

C++ Migration Guide Provides guidance on migrating code to this version of the Sun WorkShop C++ compiler.

C++ Programming Guide Explains how to use the new features to write more efficient programs and covers templates, exception handling, runtime type identification, cast operations, performance, and multithreaded programs.

C++ User's Guide Provides information on command-line options and how to use the compiler.

Sun WorkShop Memory Monitor User's Manual Describes how the Sun WorkShop Memory Monitor solves the problems of memory management in C and C++. This manual is only available through your installed product (see /opt/SUNWspro/docs/index.html) and not at the docs.sun.com Web site.
ForteTM for High Performance Computing 6 / Sun WorkShop 6 Compilers Fortran 77/95 Fortran Library Reference Provides details about the library routines supplied with the Fortran compiler.

Fortran Programming Guide Discusses issues relating to input/output, libraries, program analysis, debugging, and performance.

Fortran User's Guide Provides information on command-line options and how to use the compilers.

FORTRAN 77 Language Reference Provides a complete language reference.

Interval Arithmetic Programming Reference Describes the intrinsic INTERVAL data type supported by the Fortran 95 compiler.
ForteTM TeamWare 6 / Sun WorkShop TeamWare 6 Sun WorkShop TeamWare 6 User's Guide Describes how to use the Sun WorkShop TeamWare code management tools.
Forte Developer 6 / Sun WorkShop Visual 6 Sun WorkShop Visual User's Guide Describes how to use Visual to create C++ and JavaTM graphical user interfaces.
ForteTM / Sun Performance Library 6 Sun Performance Library Reference Discusses the optimized library of subroutines and functions used to perform computational linear algebra and fast Fourier transforms.

Sun Performance Library User's Guide Describes how to use the Sun-specific features of the Sun Performance Library, which is a collection of subroutines and functions used to solve linear algebra problems.
Numerical Computation Guide Numerical Computation Guide Describes issues regarding the numerical accuracy of floating-point computations.
Standard Library 2 Standard C++ Class Library Reference Provides details on the Standard C++ Library.

Standard C++ Library User's Guide Describes how to use the Standard C++ Library.
Tools.h++ 7 Tools.h++ Class Library Reference Provides details on the Tools.h++ class library.

Tools.h++ User's Guide Discusses use of the C++ classes for enhancing the efficiency of your programs.


TABLE P-4 describes related Solaris documentation available through the docs.sun.com Web site.

TABLE P-4   Related Solaris Documentation
Document Collection Document Title Description
Solaris Software Developer Linker and Libraries Guide Describes the operations of the Solaris link-editor and runtime linker and the objects on which they operate.

Programming Utilities Guide Provides information for developers about the special built-in programming tools that are available in the Solaris operating environment.



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