Using IPO on DLL and/or Lib's

[Aaron_C_Intel]

Hi,

I have several questions for the best way to use Interprocedural Program Optimization (IPO) on a DLL or lib. The libraries are big enough that there are good opportunities for IPO.

Right now, I use /Qipo in the compile command line and the link line. The compile line also contains /G7 /O3 /QxW. However, I end up getting link error's about missing symbol: __vmlSin4. Now I know this is from the vector matrix library, but I don't know why the linker/compiler is not finding it during the link phase?

Any ideas?

Thanks

Aaron

[cp_jain]

Hi
I dont think this is in any sense related to IPO.
(You just need to use /Qipo for both compilation and linking, nothing more.)

What I m not getting is why is there reference to __vmlSin4?
and if you know the lib(vml), have your tried linking it explicitly?

cp

[TimP]

Message Edited by tim18 on 08-25-2004 06:04 AM

[Aaron_C_Intel]

Hi tcprince,

I've tried passing /QxW on to the link options in Visual Studio, but get warnings that the option is ignored.

I did figure out that I could explicity reference svml_disp.lib in the link stage then it works. However, I still think it is an error about passing /QxW to the link stage.

What do you think?

Aaron

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tcprince wrote:

This would happen if the option /QxW were not set at the link stage as well as at the compile stage, or if you did not use the Intel compiler to drive the link.

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