Revisions file for SPEC CPU 2017
Version 1.1.9 - 7 November 2022
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1) Tools:
- Updated review tools in $SPEC/bin/presubmit
- Fixed PTD minimum version check failure with PTD 1.10.0 and later
- specperl: updated using Devel::PatchPerl to enable building on modern systems
- various: Updated autoconf guesses to enable building on modern systems
- sysinfo
- Print process ancestry (#1078)
- Print more /proc/cpuinfo fields, include microcode (#1075)
- Print basic info such as ulimit, who am i, uname -a (#1099)
- Add info from systemd: target, is-system-running, enabled units (#1069)
- Improve readability for vulnerabilities (#1142)
- Remove certain punctuation in BIOS Version (#1058)
- Add more info about AIX memory DIMMS (#1140)
- Simplify reporting of release info (#948)
- When simplifying cpu names, do not include 'nn-core' (#1147)
- Add Linux boot command line and various tuning parameters (#1080)
- If output_root is used, include it in df and hw_disk (#545)
- Add table of contents for Linux sysinfo (#1148)
- Fixed runcpu update on Windows (#1143)
- Updated PTD to 1.10.0
- Removed runcpu test for manipulating $0 (cpu2017support-1178)
- Updated PostScript/PDF notes font sizes for longer lines
2) Docs
- Mention the energy metrics in more places
- changes.html:
- mention output_format check (#1052)
- summarize changes in v1.1.9
- config.html:
- correct a line number in example config.html#pex7
- expand the discussion of fw_bios (#1138)
- Adjust power_management discussion to match actual usage (#1137)
- faq.html:
- describe cross-compiles (#1081)
- provide workaround for install problems on RHEL 9 (#1141)
- install-guide-windows.html: fix a bad link
- known-problems.html:
- provide a workaround for MATHLIBOPT (#1084)
- runcpu --update fails on Windows (#1146)
- licenses.html: clarify organization licensing (#1134)
- makevars.html:
- discourage use of MATHLIBOPT (#1084)
- Fix discussion of options applied to linking (#1136)
- overview.html:
- credit Richard Hart
- clarify how the reference machine times are used (#1125)
- runcpu.html:
- Make an introductory example simpler (#1074)
- Mention proxies in the description of --update
- runcpu-avoidance.html: update an Example config file name
- runrules.html: add id= tag for CrossCompiles
- system-requirements.html: mention RISC-V
- techsupport.html: rework / clarify #checklist
3) Toolsets:
- macos-arm64: updated
- linux-riscv64: added
4) Example config files:
- Mention Red Hat "gcc-toolset" instead of "devtoolset" (#1106)
Version 1.1.8 - 7 April 2021
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1) Tools:
- Automatically add subcheck output to reportable runs (#1052)
- Added local CSS to presubmit review tools (#1059)
- Fixed flag_dump filename handling of files with ".XML" extension
- Updated review tools in $SPEC/bin/presubmit with os_proc (#1065)
- sysinfo:
- changed to look for dmidecode in more than one directory (#1060)
- added reporting of "lscpu --cache" output if available (#1064)
- added "-h" for help
2) Docs
- system-requirements.html: mention the macos-arm64 supported toolset
- changes.html: added
- changes-in-vN.N.N.html: converted to pointers to changes.html
3) Example config files and flags:
- For configs where useful, mention the no_fortran benchsets (#1049)
- For Example-clang-macos-arm64, set default copies=1 (#1051)
Version 1.1.7 - 16 February 2021
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1) Tools:
- Fixed --nopower formatting for results with general PTD problems
- Updated review tools in $SPEC/bin/presubmit
- Removed special syntax checking for Intel compiler results
- Updated PTD to 1.9.2
- Updated darwin.sh hints file to enable specperl build on macOS 11+
- Updated review tools subset in $SPEC/bin/presubmit
- Fixed configs unit test to include Example-clang (#1050)
- Added per-metric language-exclusive benchsets (#1049)
2) Toolsets:
- macos-arm64: Added
3) Docs:
- config.html - fixed an example under #PowerMeasurement
- changes-in-v1.1.7.html - document added
- changes-in-v1.1.5.html - added an item to table of contents
4) Example config files and flags:
- Added Example-clang-macos-arm64.cfg and flags file (#1044)
- Renamed Example-gcc-macosx.cfg to Example-gcc-macos-x86.cfg (#1044)
- Fixed typo in Example-gcc-linux-aarch64.cfg (#1048)
- Included fw_bios and power_management in examples (#1045)
5) 502.gcc: Added SPEC_GCC_VARIADIC_FUNCTIONS_MISMATCH_WORKAROUND flag to
address ABI violation on macOS on Apple Silicon
Version 1.1.5 - 10 November 2020
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1) Tools
- Fixed syntax checker recommendation for hw_psu
- Fixed syntax checker check for associate member license numbers
- Fixed update metadata to be more compatible with 1.0.x updater (#983)
- Fixed error in metric rounding for results that include energy (#981)
- Added sysinfo checksum calculation for review tools (#987)
- Updated PTDaemon's trademark status
- Updated sysinfo for dmidecode configured memory speed (#990)
- Split long fw_* and power_* lines as is done hw_* and sw_* (#978)
- Updated syntax checker to flag results with voltage auto-ranging
- Updated sysinfo to do case-insensitive comparisons for memory info
- Updated sysinfo to name all Linux vulnerability reports as of 5.8-rc5
- Fixed stray HASH(0x...) in per-benchmark results from raw file (#966)
- Improved sysinfo BIOS information collection (#1019)
- Corrected some lingering mentions of runspec
- Added logging of command-line arguments supplied by SPEC_RUNSPEC
- Patched specmake to build on Linux systems with newer glibc
- Fixed log file truncation race that could lose config file parsing info
- Added logging of sysinfo output to main log file (#1017)
- Fixed auto-linking of URLs followed by punctuation (#1009)
- Added review tools subset in $SPEC/bin/presubmit
- Made all wrapper scripts automatically generated
- Changed runcpu to stop runs if voltage auto-ranging is used (#998)
- Added some power info recording to sysinfo (#992)
- Fixed some sysinfo truncation of field values with colons
2) Docs
- Changes in V1.1 - minor updates, such as fixing a bad link.
- Utilities - minor markup fix, clarify flag_dump.
- LICENSE.txt - Fixed a dangling reference
- Known Problems - subcheck doesn't know about transitions (#980)
- Rules - clarify 2.2.4
- SPEC License - updated (#1002)
- runcpu - link to definition of base and peak (#1022)
- config - link to definition of base and peak (#1022)
- tools-build - Updated packaging and testing examples (#972)
- PTDaemon/README.PTD - Corrected version number
- FAQ
- updated for GCC 10 (#1022)
- workaround for macOS refusal to install from ISO (#1018)
- workaround for 549.fotonik3d validation issues (#1013)
- Changes in v1.1.5 - added (#1022)
3) Example config files and flags:
- Example-gcc configs - updated for GCC 10 (#1026, #1028)
- gcc.xml - added several new flags (#1026)
- Intel-ic17.0-official-windows64-revF.xml - added missing flags (#1025)
- IBM-XL-Linux.V1315.xml - added missing flags (#1025)
- Example-aocc-linux-x86: Updated to note testing with AOCC 2.2.0
- Reduce the amount of detail in GCC version output (#1033)
4) 500.perlbench: Removed time_loop from test workload (#1004)
Updated benchmark description for GCC 10 (#1022)
5) 502.gcc: Updated benchmark description for GCC 10 (#1022)
6) 505.mcf: Removed reference to non-existent benchmark (#1022)
Updated benchmark description for GCC 10 (#1022)
7) 510.parest: Added flag to not rely on the address of std::flush() (#1029)
8) 511.povray: Updated benchmark description for GCC 10 (#1022)
9) 521.wrf: Updated benchmark description for GCC 10 (#1022)
10) 525.x264: Updated benchmark description for GCC 10 (#1022)
11) 527.cam4: Updated benchmark description for GCC 10 (#1022)
12) 628.pop2: Updated benchmark description for GCC 10 (#1022)
Version 1.1.0 - 21 August 2019
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1) Tools
- Added a blank line to separate sysinfo notes from user notes
- Changed sysinfo's self-hash generation to SHA-512 subset from MD5
- Updated PTD run scripts to find PTD binaries by default
- Updated sysinfo to check contents of /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/product_family
- Updated PTD to 1.9.1
2) Example config files and flags:
- Intel: Simplified and merged the examples (#813)
Fixed up Windows flags file (#975)
- GCC Sparc: Mentioned a GCC v9 workaround that may be needed (#954)
- gcc.xml: Updated links to licenses (#956)
- Updated notes about tested versions (#933)
- Added flags to example configs to include debug symbols (#967)
- Removed sw_peak_ptrsize setting when there are no peak flags (#968)
3) Docs:
- Updated trademark info (#893ff)
- Updated licenses (#882)
- Config files:
- Added description of interaction of iterations and reportable (#962)
- Noted that hw_cpu_max_mhz and hw_cpu_nominal_mhz are required (#934)
- Changes in V1.1
- Better described benchmark changes (#770, #799, #809, #841, #953)
- Known Problems
- Added item about power runs hanging (#963)
- Marked several problems as 'Closed' (#971)
- Overview:
- Clarified calculation of metrics (#888)
- Result fields:
- Noted that hw_cpu_max_mhz and hw_cpu_nominal_mhz are required (#934)
- runcpu:
- Added description of interaction of iterations and reportable (#962)
- Run rules:
- Clarified rule 3.9.5(f) regarding auto-ranging
- Clarified calculation of metrics (#888)
Version 1.0.901 - 7 July 2019 - v1.1.0 Release Candidate 1
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1) Tools
- Fixed race that could cause sysinfo to appear to fail (#551)
- Fixed missing energy metric in HTML reports from 1.1 dev kits (#938)
- Removed trailing period from "Max MHz." field (#943)
- Made syntax checker complain about missing/empty hw_cpu_max_mhz (#935)
- For sysinfo on Linux, include system product name and vendor (#945)
- Fixed and expanded sysinfo vulnerability reporting on Linux (#946)
- Fixed missing runcpu command in CSV output on bad config files (#918)
- Fixed port_progress success reports for PE/EE runs (#947)
- Fixed trademark marking in the result formatters (#835)
- Adjusted sysinfo search table for distribution version info on Linux
- Enabled logging by default in SPEC-supplied PTD start scripts (#949)
- Ignore values from bad power samples when calculating aggregates (#926)
- Updated list of OpenMP environment variables from OpenMP 5.0
- Store per-benchmark environment changes (ENV_*) in the raw file (#536)
- Fixed leftover peak compiler version info on basepeak benchmarks (#950)
- Fixed language list in compiler version notes
- Made notes about environment variables set by preENV_* read-only
- Moved notes for preENV_* and ENV_* settings to their own section (#536)
- Fixed disappearing tools version info on raw file reformat (#951)
- Fixed presentation of current ranges when auto-ranging is used (#952)
- Fixed port_progress --rate switch (#930)
- Fixed rare port_progress warning noise (#931)
- Fixed last problems with --nopower not clearing PE/EE errors (#924)
- Updated PTD to 1.9.1_RC2
2) Docs
- config.html
- Described how to set initial current range (#928)
- result-fields.html
- Added details about metric calculation (#937)
- Clarified application of EXTRA_<lang>LIBS in mixed-language benchmarks
- faq.html
- Noted remedy to an install failure on RHEL8+
- Updated the advice for build problems with 510.parest (#770)
3) Examples
- Updated GCC on x86 Linux config to note success testing GCC 8.3.0 (#792)
- Updated GCC on x86 Linux config to note success testing GCC 9.1.0 (#792)
- Fixed unknown flag in Oracle Developer Studio flags file (#929)
- Replaced Clang/LLVM on x86 Linux config with AOCC config (#812)
4) 510.parest: Fixed incorrect pointer/int comparison (#770)
5) 521.wrf: Made inclusion of "/usr/include/time.h" on macOS optional (#953)
Version 1.0.503 - 21 May 2019
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1) Tools
- Fixed missing error messages in syntax checker for some power fields
- Fixed power analyzer calibration date handling in syntax checker (#864)
- Fixed power provisioning field handling in syntax checker
- Improved sysinfo:
- Improved Solaris fields (#870)
- Added sysctl data for MacOS (#600)
- Fixed "experimental" power markings in 1.1 development kits (#873)
- Fixed syntax checker handling of long fw_bios field (#878)
- Removed cache/memory size adminitions about fractional sizes (#881)
- Fixed generation of fakereportable reports with power enabled (#871)
- Improved syntax checker messages around proper suite version (#877)
- Eliminated Perl warnings from macro expression evaluation (#876)
- Added suggestion of --nopower when power data is corrupted (#879)
- Improved syntax checker messages about invalid runs (#832)
- Fixed omission of new power-related report fields from new runs (#872)
- Slightly improved messages when PTD dies in the middle of a run (#885)
- Removed requirement to quote *nix pathnames in macro definitions (#592)
- Changed sw_power_management to power_management (now mandatory) (#868)
- Updated PTD to 1.9.1_RC1; it is the minimum required version (#887)
- Enabled logging of generated compile options at -v 90 or higher
- Added all power fields to text report; changed max width to 132 (#889)
- Cleaned up some Perl 5.28+ warnings
- Added support for current auto-ranging
- Fixed run hang on certain power measurement error conditions (#891)
- Fixed syntax checker quoting problems for some multi-line fields
- Fixed missing results in raw files from runs with power errors (#890)
- Softened error message from formatters for runs with power errors
- Fixed PDF formatter crash on raw file with no results (#892)
- Fixed lingering PE/EE status on results formatted with --nopower (#916)
- Made PE/EE a non-fatal error even for reportable runs (#919)
- Fixed rare double-reporting of power sample statistics (#920)
- Fixed power data serialized as strings (#922)
- Stopped rawformat from renaming raw files it won't overwrite (#925)
2) Docs
- Remove v1.0 language that said power support was preliminary (#849)
- changes-in-v1.1.html: added (#863)
- config.html
- clarify power/temperature fields and how {id}s work (#853)
- clarify several fields (#849)
- add section on getting started with power (#860, #883)
- fix "New" markings (#852)
- improve example syntax for several fields (#878)
- provide a picture of example power connections (#886)
- faq.html
- move most of the power stuff to config.html (#860)
- flag-description.html
- document the notation NODISPLAY (#838)
- result-fields.html
- clarify several fields (#849)
- runcpu.html
- clarify effect of runcpu vs. config file power options (#862)
- use rawformat --nopower to format as performance-only (#880)
- document the notation NODISPLAY (#838)
- runrules.html
- remove 'draft' markings (#861)
- give better visibility to list of power-related changes (#865)
- sw_avail does not include SPEC CPU itself (#874)
- power_management disclosure requirements (#868)
- current_range can be set by benchmark for base and peak (#884)
- utility.html
- add extract_misc (#859)
- use rawformat --nopower to format as performance-only (#880)
3) Examples
- Updated Intel Compiler on Linux example config files (#813)
- Hardened example Intel Compiler 18.0 flags file (#730)
4) 500.perlbench: Marked "SPEC CPU" trademark in benchmark description
5) 502.gcc: Marked "SPEC CPU" trademark in benchmark description
6) 503.bwaves: Marked "SPEC CPU" trademark in benchmark description
7) 505.mcf: Marked "SPEC CPU" trademark in benchmark description
8) 507.cactuBSSN: Marked "SPEC CPU" trademark in benchmark description
9) 508.namd: Marked "SPEC CPU" trademark in benchmark description
10) 510.parest: Marked "SPEC CPU" trademark in benchmark description
11) 511.povray: Marked "SPEC CPU" trademark in benchmark description
12) 519.lbm: Marked "SPEC CPU" trademark in benchmark description
13) 520.omnetpp: Marked "SPEC CPU" trademark in benchmark description
14) 521.wrf: Marked "SPEC CPU" trademark in benchmark description
15) 523.xalancbmk: Marked "SPEC CPU" trademark in benchmark description
16) 525.x264: Marked "SPEC CPU" trademark in benchmark description
17) 526.blender: Marked "SPEC CPU" trademark in benchmark description
18) 527.cam4: Marked "SPEC CPU" trademark in benchmark description
19) 531.deepsjeng: Marked "SPEC CPU" trademark in benchmark description
20) 538.imagick: Marked "SPEC CPU" trademark in benchmark description
21) 541.leela: Marked "SPEC CPU" trademark in benchmark description
22) 544.nab: Marked "SPEC CPU" trademark in benchmark description
23) 548.exchange2: Marked "SPEC CPU" trademark in benchmark description
24) 549.fotonik3d: Marked "SPEC CPU" trademark in benchmark description
25) 554.roms: Marked "SPEC CPU" trademark in benchmark description
26) 557.xz: Marked "SPEC CPU" trademark in benchmark description
27) 628.pop2: Marked "SPEC CPU" trademark in benchmark description
28) 999.specrand: Marked "SPEC CPU" trademark in benchmark description
Version 1.0.502 - 9 April 2019
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1) Tools
- Fixed config file data deserialization error introduced by #833 (#843)
- Ensure that runs from SPEC_NOCHECK installs are not submittable (#713)
- Do not build in incomplete build dir caused by extra files (#732)
- Improved verify_hash message for extended hash mismatches (#830)
- Made verify_hash handle multiple files in one invocation (#400)
- Made formatter abort when compressed sections can't be extracted (#829)
- Fixed version output in some messages for .0 releases (#724)
- Fixed merging of compiler version information (#733)
- Updated PTD to 1.9.0
- Fixed extra blank lines in compiler version notes (#706)
- Fixed lack of language list in compiler version notes (#848)
- Prevent setting fields in the editable portion of the raw file that will
end up under the fence (#719)
- Fixed errors that could cause syntax checker messages to be incomplete
- Record suite version in log and cause port_progress to print it (#847)
- Fixed a couple of potential Perl warnings in sysinfo on Linux (#819)
- Fixed "missing command file" problem with "specinvoke -nn | sh" (#702)
- Fixed incorrect fakereportable failure when fail_build is set (#787)
- Fixed src.alts not being reported properly (#842)
- Version check now loads update metadata instead of special files (#750)
- Improved error messages related to runcpu test failures (#712)
2) Docs
- config.html
- mention effect of basepeak on threads (#844)
- clarify the basepeak scenarios and syntax requirements (#846)
- fix spacing in tables of options (#850)
- fix ordering of options and table of contents(#851)
3) Examples
- Update Oracle Developer Studio flags to version 12.6
- Set basepeak in the 'default' section, not 'default=peak' (#846)
4) 500.perlbench: Fixed tmpfile exhaustion problem for test workload (#841)
Disabled setting signal handlers (nosignal src.alt)
5) 502.gcc: Disabled setting signal handlers (nosignal src.alt)
6) 520.omnetpp: Disabled setting signal handlers (nosignal src.alt)
7) 525.x264: Disabled setting signal handlers (nosignal src.alt)
8) 526.blender: Disabled setting signal handlers (nosignal src.alt)
9) 527.cam4: Eliminated race condition on tmp variable (private_tmp src.alt)
10) 538.imagick: Disabled setting signal handlers (nosignal src.alt)
Version 1.0.501 - 13 March 2019
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1) Tools
- Fixed update selection (#805, #807)
- Fixed display of unknown flags in PDF (#823)
- Fixed ARRAY(garbage) in ultra-rare error message (#831)
- Require extended hashes when formatting results (#828)
- Replaced serialized Perl and bare text in results with JSON (#833)
- Fixed tools version reporting for runs from git clones
- Fixed specpp handling of conditionals with undefined symbols (#840)
2) Docs
- Fixed broken links to text documents (#696)
- Fixed other broken links (#825)
- Added this document (Revisions.txt) to official docs directory (#821)
- Added config/AboutTheseExamples.txt (#822)
- faq.html
#Run.05 For 621.wrf_s, check libgfortran (cpu2017support-242)
#Build.05 When defining gcc_dir, you probably want quotes (#827)
- overview.html#Q11 Does CPU2017 take longer than CPU2006?
- config.html
Added documentation of temperature meter fields for power results
Added documentation of new power-related fields
- Clarified precedence for SPEC_*_OPENMP in flags-mandatory (#839)
- runrules.html
- Provide full support for power measurements and energy metrics.
See 1.6, 1.7, 3.9, 4.1, 4.2.5, 4.3, and 4.10.3.
- 4.4 Clarify that rawformat may be used to update results.
- 4.6.b Clarify that rawformat may be used to fix flags files.
- 4.7 The rule about equivalent systems has been removed and
replaced: A result may be published for only one system.
- 5.6 Estimates are not allowed for power, for performance.
3) Examples
- Use quotes in %defines that may be likely to contain operators (#827)
- Update Example-studio-solaris.cfg to version 12.6
4) 500.perlbench: Include nosignal src.alt (#824; osgcpu-51410)
5) 502.gcc: Include nosignal src.alt (#824; osgcpu-51411)
6) 505.mcf: explain that OpenMP is intentionally suppressed.
7) 520.omnetpp: Include nosignal src.alt (#824; osgcpu-51412)
8) 521.wrf: add same text as faq.html#Run.05
9) 525.x264: Include nosignal src.alt (#824; osgcpu-51413)
10) 526.blender
- Fix threads.c incompatibility with GLIBC 2.26+ (#799, #809)
- Include nosignal src.alt (#824; osgcpu-51414)
11) 527.cam4: Include private_tmp src.alt (osgcpu-52050)
12) 538.imagick: Include nosignal src.alt (#824; osgcpu-51415)
Version 1.0.5 - 22 May 2018
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1) Tools
- Fixed PS/PDF failure with too many hw_vendor/hw_model lines (#715)
- Fixed sysinfo check of dmidecode protection (#751)
- Remove RC6 from list of acceptable suite hashes (#760)
- Require a firmware release date (#756)
- Eliminated fractional cache size complaints in subcheck (#765)
- Fixed HTML/PDF formatter crash on missing hw_* fields (#763)
- Changed notes_comp heading to just "Compiler Notes" (#777)
- Fixed handling of cache descriptions with extra optional info (#782)
- Complain about "CPU" in hw_cpu_name field (#773)
- Fix sysinfo warnings on systems where lscpu doesn't know sockets (#774)
- Fix problem with multi-word runcpu arguments (thanks to ARM) (#783,#693)
- Try harder to keep submitter info at the bottom of general notes (#779(
- Add POWER server firmware version detection to sysinfo (#785)
- Try harder to keep temporary files with error output around (#778)
- Attempt to protect against typeset environment variables in shrc (#767)
- Allow firmware version to appear anywhere in fw_bios (#761)
- Improved sysinfo OS reporting on Windows (#743)
- Added sysinfo spectre/meltdown vulnerability reporting for Linux (#786)
- Fixed alignment in text report table (#630)
- Fixed inconsistent field ordering in raw files (#784)
- Protect against bad characters in labels (#791)
- Provide PC4 template in sysinfo (#546)
- Fixed update trying to remove current directory (#803)
- Improve reporting of available versions (#802)
2) Docs
- All: avoid tag <tt> (not in HTML5)
avoid unwanted line breaks within examples (#794)
Eliminated all non-CRLF text doc files (#696)
- config.html
#fw_bios: include both version and availability date (#756)
#hw_cpu_name: Explain what to do if two chip types. (#754)
#hw_memory: many more details, including links to JEDEC (#546)
#parallel_test: add info about effect with SPECspeed (#671)
#preenv: 627.cam4_s OMP_STACKSIZE illustrated examples
#preprocessor: reorganized chapter on preprocessor (#592)
#troubleshooting: dead link works now (#793)
#usr: added warning for a common error (#592)
- faq.html
#Build.04: for 510.parest, suggest use of C++2003 language dialect
#Miscompare.07: Why is 627.cam4_s failing?
#Miscompare.08: for 505.mcf, you may need -fno-strict-aliasing
- install guides: clarify instructions to verify ISO (#795)
- install-guide-windows.html: fixup directory dialog (#436)
- overview.html: SPECspeed needs -m64 (#797)
- runcpu.html
#check: correctly describe defaults for --output_format=check (#726)
#parallel_test: add info about effect with SPECspeed (#671)
#update: clarify. Provide example (#801)
- runrules.html: Editorial clarification to rule 2.3.11 (#776)
- system-requirements.html: mention stack sizes
SPECspeed needs -m64 (#797)
- techsupport.html: include config and log file (cpu2017support-177)
- tools-build.html: clarify that all builds should be recorded.
- utility.html: document simpler spelling of printpath (#699)
3) Examples:
- Emphasize that tiny examples are not complete (#798)
- Fixed typo in mandatory flags example text for -Isha-2
- Enforce legal characters in labels (#790)
- gcc examples:
updates for GCC 8.1
use -std=c++03 (helps 510.parest)
use -fgnu89-inline (helps 502.gcc)
- clang example: adjust flags file path to openmp dir (#796)
4) 502.gcc
- Simplify portability recommendations: -fgnu89-inline (#771)
- Mention that spec_qsort does not meet strict ansi aliasing rules (#772)
5) 505.mcf
- Detailed discussion of spec_qsort and ansi aliasing rules (#772)
6) 507.cactuBSSN
- Fixed contact info in the benchmark description
7) 510.parest
- Suggest use of C++2003 language dialect (#768)
8) 511.povray
- Mention that spec_qsort does not meet strict ansi aliasing rules (#772)
9) 526.blender
- Fix threads.c incompatibility with newer glibc (#799)
10) 527.cam4
- Mention that spec_qsort does not meet strict ansi aliasing rules (#772)
- cam4.html: point to config.html#preenv and mention process stack
11) 548.exchange2
- Fix a name in the benchmark description
12) 557.xz:
- Improved benchmark description
Version 1.0.2 - 20 July 2017
===============
1) Tools
- Fixed unused macro warnings when running with --check_version (#738)
- Fixed problems with release/development determination (#740)
- Fixed storage of sysinfo_program_hash in the raw file (#749)
2) Docs
- Fixed comment bug in example config file for Visual Studio
- Improved rate vs. speed summary in overview
3) 557.xz:
- Improved benchmark description
Version 1.0.1 - 16 June 2017
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1) Tools
- Fixed spurious "your suite is too old" message from rawformat (#728)
- Fixed sysinfo's hw_nthreadspercore calculation on Windows (#731)
- Windows sysinfo output reworked to be faster and more complete (#734)
- Got rid of possibly incorrect memory speed units from dmidecode (#735)
2) Docs
- Fixed presentation of some fixed-format text
- Updated known problems
- Updated tools build instructions
Version 1.0.0 - 2 June 2017
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1) Tools
- Fixed errors in base-only PDF and PostScript outputs (#711)
- Changed maximum length of sysinfo notes to 90 columns
- Fixed hw_model and tester line order reversal in PS/PDF (#714, #718)
- Updated banner messages from runcpu and rawformat
2) Docs
- Cleaned up generated text docs warning
- Changed references to SPEC's website to HTTPS
- Updated example flags file for clang
- Fixed markup errors
- Fixed example for notes_submit
3) Clarified rules 3.4 and 3.5 re: submit
4) 521.wrf: Updated benchmark description
History prior to this point is in
non-dist/cpu2017.Revisions.pre-v1.txt
at the SPEC Members' private website.
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