This is a maintenance release with bug fixes since the initial release of v1.0 in April.
Contributors
The following authors have contributed code to this release:
- Doug Geiger doug.geiger@bioradiation.net
- Elliot Briggs elliot.briggs@gmail.com
- Marcus Mueller marcus@hostalia.de
- Nathan West nathan.west@okstate.edu
- Tom Rondeau tom@trondeau.com
Changes
Kernels
Several bug fixes in different kernels. The NEON implementations of the following kernels have been fixed:
- 32f_x2_add_32f
- 32f_x2_dot_prod_32f
- 32fc_s32fc_multiply_32fc
- 32fc_x2_multiply_32fc
Additionally the NEON asm based 32f_x2_add_32f protokernels were not being used and are now included and available for use via the dispatcher.
The 32f_s32f_x2_fm_detect_32f kernel now has a puppet. This solves QA seg faults on 32-bit machines and provide a better test for this kernel.
The 32fc_s32fc_x2_rotator_32fc generic protokernel replaced cabsf with hypotf for better Android support.
Building
Static builds now trigger the applications (volk_profile and volk-config-info) to be statically linked.
The file gcc_x86_cpuid.h has been removed since it was no longer being used. Previously it provided cpuid functionality for ancient compilers that we do not support.
All build types now use -Wall.
QA and Testing
The documentation around the --update option to volk_profile now makes it clear that the option will only profile kernels without entries in volk_profile. The signature of run_volk_tests with expanded args changed signed types to unsigned types to reflect the actual input.
The remaining changes are all non-functional changes to address issues from Coverity.