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author | Maximilian Bosch <maximilian@mbosch.me> | 2019-03-03 14:21:04 +0100 |
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committer | Maximilian Bosch <maximilian@mbosch.me> | 2019-03-03 15:35:58 +0100 |
commit | 9732c44225910d5726ff95a7ab8c9a4684dfec4d (patch) | |
tree | 45db82d442400acf5ad543b4ed5e1bd6f8e72a9b /doc/package-notes.xml | |
parent | 77edcf88dca0de15a2bcf34f8d94f02d1fbd4eab (diff) |
dlib: add flag to disable AVX support
Especially older hardware doesn't support AVX instructions. DLib is still functional there, but significantly slower[1]. By setting `avxInstructions` to false, DLib will be compiled without this feature. [1] http://dlib.net/compile.html
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diff --git a/doc/package-notes.xml b/doc/package-notes.xml index e23593107d8d7..c93f99d256b9c 100644 --- a/doc/package-notes.xml +++ b/doc/package-notes.xml @@ -886,4 +886,31 @@ citrix_receiver.override { </para> </section> </section> + <section xml:id="dlib"> + <title>DLib</title> + + <para> + <link xlink:href="http://dlib.net/">DLib</link> is a modern, C++-based toolkit which + provides several machine learning algorithms. + </para> + + <section xml:id="compiling-without-avx-support"> + <title>Compiling without AVX support</title> + + <para> + Especially older CPUs don't support + <link xlink:href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Vector_Extensions">AVX</link> + (<abbrev>Advanced Vector Extensions</abbrev>) instructions that are used by DLib to + optimize their algorithms. + </para> + + <para> + On the affected hardware errors like <literal>Illegal instruction</literal> will occur. + In those cases AVX support needs to be disabled: +<programlisting>self: super: { + dlib = super.dlib.override { avxSupport = false; }; +}</programlisting> + </para> + </section> + </section> </chapter> |