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Subject: Re: Question for the Crafty/Compiler experts

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 13:21:56 02/15/04

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On February 15, 2004 at 16:20:48, Slater Wold wrote:

>On February 15, 2004 at 16:10:55, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On February 15, 2004 at 15:45:02, Slater Wold wrote:
>>
>>>My setup:
>>>
>>>AMD FX 51
>>>Windows 2003 Enterprise (64 bit)
>>>Intel 8.0 Compiler
>>>
>>>
>>>Why would compiling Crafty 19.10 be 15% slower when defining /DVC_INLINE_ASM &
>>>/DUSE_ASSEMBLY?
>>>
>>>Has anyone else ever seen that?
>>
>>It may mean that the compiler generated better assembly than you did.
>>
>>It may also mean that you pulled in the wrong assembly.  Old x86 assembly will
>>run on the AMD opteron type systems.  It is the new stuff that will really be
>>snappy.
>
>ICC doesn't seem to like Bob's assembly code to start off with.
>
>
>vcinline.h(28): warning #1011: missing return statement at end of non-void funct
>ion "PopCnt"
>  }
>  ^
>
>vcinline.h(41): warning #1011: missing return statement at end of non-void funct
>ion "FirstOne"
>  }
>  ^
>
>vcinline.h(54): warning #1011: missing return statement at end of non-void funct
>ion "LastOne"
>  }
>  ^

Compiler bug.  It does not recall that the return is stored in EAX.

Print the rest of the routine that it is crying about.  I am guessing it is
pulling in the wrong assembly.

>Here is the result using /DVC_INLINE_ASM & /DUSE_ASSEMBLY:
>
>Total nodes: 89942714
>Raw nodes per second: 1577942
>Total elapsed time: 57
>SMP time-to-ply measurement: 11.228070
>
>Here is the result without it:
>
>Total nodes: 89942714
>Raw nodes per second: 1635322
>Total elapsed time: 55
>SMP time-to-ply measurement: 11.636364
>
>
>Doing a few other things, I've got it from 15% to 3%.  But still slower.



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