More info on the intel fortran compiler for linux

[icebox_019]

Hello...

I would like to ask for some information about the fortran compiler for linux... just wondering... asides from redhat enterprise linux 3.0, suse linux 9.1 pro & suse linux enterprise server... what other linux flavors does the fortran compiler run using the EMT64 chip? thanks...

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Here is what we list under systemn requirements:

* Linux system with glibc 2.3.2 or 2.3.3 and the 2.4.X or 2.6.X
Linux kernel as represented by the following Linux distributions,
running in 64-bit mode. *Note:* Not all distributions listed are
validated and not all distributions are listed.
o Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 3, 4
o SUSE* LINUX 9.1 Professional
o SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9
* Linux Developer tools component installed, including gcc 3.3.3,
g++ and related tools.
* 32-bit (IA-32) C and C++ runtime libraries: libm.so.6,
libpthread.so.0, libc.so.6, libstdc++.so.5 and libgcc_s.so.1

We have tested on the above distributions. It may work on other distributions we have not tested, but Linux is "A maze of little twisty passages, all different", and there is no way to know for certain whether a particular distribution will work without extensive testing. We can't promise support for untested distributions. Furthermore, new releases of distributions often break binary compatibility, so you can't even assume that higher versions of a tested distribution will work.

[TimP]

Even if a new OS upgrade doesn't "break binary compatibility," a reduction in size of available address space segments can break applications. That problem isn't peculiar to linux, nor to any one architecture.

Some of the issues for advertising full support of RH EL4 seem fairly trivial, like the change in gcc version, but I am not looking forward to trying to make applications run across all supported architectures on it.