GNU/Linux 64 bit S5R3 "power users" App 4.28 available
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This App is from codebase of the 4.27 App but built as a native 64-bit App.
Actually I couldn't see any noticeable speedup compared to the 4.27, but this may vary depending on the CPU type.
I'm rather interested in finding out whether this buid system offers sufficient compatibility for tha current 64 bit Linux Distros.
You may want to look into the app_info.xml first. I tried to make migration easy from most previous Apps, but that might not suit everyone. Furthermore it has actulally not been tested that the checkpoint of 32 bit Apps is read in correctly by the 64 bit App.
Only run this if you're sure of what you're doing.
Find it on the Power User Apps page.
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GNU/Linux 64 bit S5R3 "power users" App 4.28 available
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I installed this app, and although I'm typically a credit whore, I thought I'd take one for the team and see if the new app would resume from checkpoint from the 4.27 i686 app. When I restarted BOINC after moving the files into place, I got a computation error on both workunits, and this in the messages:
Fri 08 Feb 2008 01:31:14 PM CST||Starting BOINC client version 5.10.28 for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Fri 08 Feb 2008 01:31:14 PM CST||log flags: task, file_xfer, sched_ops
Fri 08 Feb 2008 01:31:14 PM CST||Libraries: libcurl/7.17.1 OpenSSL/0.9.8g zlib/1.2.3
Fri 08 Feb 2008 01:31:14 PM CST||Data directory: /home/michael/BOINC
Fri 08 Feb 2008 01:31:14 PM CST|Einstein@Home|Found app_info.xml; using anonymous platform
Fri 08 Feb 2008 01:31:14 PM CST||Processor: 2 AuthenticAMD AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-56 [Family 15 Model 72 Stepping 2]
Fri 08 Feb 2008 01:31:14 PM CST||Processor features: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm cr8_legacy
Fri 08 Feb 2008 01:31:14 PM CST||OS: Linux: 2.6.20-16-generic
Fri 08 Feb 2008 01:31:14 PM CST||Memory: 1003.03 MB physical, 511.99 MB virtual
Fri 08 Feb 2008 01:31:14 PM CST||Disk: 19.53 GB total, 10.73 GB free
Fri 08 Feb 2008 01:31:14 PM CST||Local time is UTC -6 hours
Fri 08 Feb 2008 01:31:14 PM CST|Einstein@Home|URL: http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/; Computer ID: 1098481; location: home; project prefs: default
Fri 08 Feb 2008 01:31:14 PM CST||General prefs: from http://burp.boinc.dk/ (last modified 28-Jun-2007 07:38:50)
Fri 08 Feb 2008 01:31:14 PM CST||Host location: none
Fri 08 Feb 2008 01:31:14 PM CST||General prefs: using your defaults
Fri 08 Feb 2008 01:31:14 PM CST||Preferences limit memory usage when active to 752.27MB
Fri 08 Feb 2008 01:31:14 PM CST||Preferences limit memory usage when idle to 902.72MB
Fri 08 Feb 2008 01:31:14 PM CST||Preferences limit disk usage to 3.73GB
Fri 08 Feb 2008 01:31:21 PM CST|Einstein@Home|Restarting task h1_0753.85_S5R2__5_S5R3a_0 using einstein_S5R3 version 427
Fri 08 Feb 2008 01:31:25 PM CST|Einstein@Home|Restarting task h1_0753.95_S5R2__71_S5R3a_0 using einstein_S5R3 version 427
Fri 08 Feb 2008 01:31:42 PM CST|Einstein@Home|Computation for task h1_0753.85_S5R2__5_S5R3a_0 finished
Fri 08 Feb 2008 01:31:42 PM CST|Einstein@Home|Output file h1_0753.85_S5R2__5_S5R3a_0_0 for task h1_0753.85_S5R2__5_S5R3a_0 absent
Fri 08 Feb 2008 01:31:43 PM CST|Einstein@Home|Computation for task h1_0753.95_S5R2__71_S5R3a_0 finished
Fri 08 Feb 2008 01:31:43 PM CST|Einstein@Home|Output file h1_0753.95_S5R2__71_S5R3a_0_0 for task h1_0753.95_S5R2__71_S5R3a_0 absent
So, since I lost about 17 hours of processing to this, I would heartily recommend others to allow your current results to finish before trying this. Will let you know tomorrow how the new app validates. This laptop is running Kubuntu 7.04 64 bit, by the way.
In case you want to do a
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In case you want to do a postmortem on the two results that came up with Computation Error, here they are:
92014606
91881250
Got this one: Process
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Got this one: Process creation (../../projects/einstein.phys.uwm.edu/einstein_S5R3_4.28_x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) failed: Error -1
But this is on a 32bit box.
RE: But this is on a 32bit
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64-bit apps can't run on 32-bit machines.
RE: This App is from
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...installed on Suse64-10.2 in VMware-Server-1.0.4 and now crunching...
I hope to get results in 12hours.
RE: ...installed on
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First unit done on E6320 and also seen no speedup.
Just finished up the first
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Just finished up the first two results, which show a noticable slowdown over 4.27, more than can be attributed to the cyclical nature of the results. At least they validate successfully, though.
91937954
91936831
So, doesn't seem to like Turion X2 processors, at least.
RE: First unit done on
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A bit slower than your 4.27 results?
Comparing with your 4.27 result at the same frequency and using Hewsons Ready Reckoner, the 4.27 result is only 2 from a highest runtime sequence number, and the 4.28 is 10 from a lowest runtime sequence number, still 4.28 is slower.
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RE: RE: First unit done
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by the way, which linux-version wins the ranking of speed now?
I have noticed significant
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I have noticed significant speed decrease as well. this WU took 51ksec in comparison with 28k-30ksec needed for 4.27
Another WU currently in progress looks similar (49% in almost 7 hours).
Distro is openSuSE 10.3