linpack

[David Vos]

On 8 May 2001, Joey Raheb wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone has had any expierence with the LINPack Benchmark. 
> I am having a great deal of difficulty getting this benchmark to go on a
> single CPU Alpha Workstation.  Can anyone tell me what I have to do to get it
> going.
> 
> The package tells me that I need mpi, however, if I am testing only a one CPU
> system would this be necessary?

The program is written using the mpi libraries, so you can't even compile
the program without them, much less run it. (as far as I know).

 
> How do I go about doing the 'tuning' that they speak of in their
> documentation.  I downloaded their FAQ which helps a little, but I am new to
> this whole benchmark routine (at least this type of benchmarking).

I've been doing the guess-and-check method to try and figure out what top
performance might be.

> I would appreciate any information anyone can give me.
> 
> Thanks,
> Joey
> 
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