[Ecls-list] Mac OS X intel port with optimized gmp

[Raffael Cavallaro]

Dear all,

The most recent release of ecl contains a port to mac os x intel  
which uses an unoptimized version of the gmp library:

"This version adds one port: OSX on Intel/x86. The port uses the latest
version of the Boehm-Weiser garbage collector and an unoptimized version
of the GMP library (because the developers refuse to port the Intel/x86
assembler code to this platform)."

I have recently been able to build an optimized version of the gmp  
library following the instructions listed here:

<http://www.swox.com/list-archives/gmp-discuss/2006-July/002430.html>

Which I duplicate below - modified slightly for the use of a gzip  
rather than a bzip archive - using gmp-4.2.1.tar.gz found at:

<ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gmp/gmp-4.2.1.tar.gz>

tar xzvf gmp-4.2.1.tar.bz2
cd gmp-4.2.1/mpn/x86
rm *dive_1* */*dive_1* */*/*dive_1*
rm */*mode1o* */*/*mode1o*
cd ../..
./configure --enable-cxx=yes --enable-shared --disable-static
make
make check

I was wondering if this assembler code optimized version if gmp could  
be incorporated into the current version of ecl or if someone could  
could detail to me the steps necessary to get the ecl build process  
to use this optimized version instead of the unoptimized version  
which is currently the default.

Thanks in advance,


Ralph


Raffael Cavallaro, Ph.D.
raffaelcavallaro at mac.com