BOOST with oneAPI

[Daniel_D]

Hi,

did anyone manage to get BOOST compiled with oneAPI? So far I didn't find a solution - always stopped with:

"error: No intel compiler version found!"

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

[GouthamK_Intel]

Hi,

Thanks for reaching out to us!

Could you please share more details about your System configuration?

OS Version:

Compiler Version:

Boost version:

>>"error: No intel compiler version found!"

Also, please share the source code and steps to reproduce the above error.

Thanks & Regards

Goutham

[Daniel_D]

Sure.

OS: Windows 10

Compiler: Intel 2021.1

Boost: 1.75.0

[Daniel_D]

To reproduce:

start "Intel one api command promt for 64 bit"

cd YOUTR_BOOST_FOLDER

bootstrap.bat intel-win

b2 -a toolset=intel address-model=64 architecture=x86 link=static threading=multi runtime-link=shared --without-graph_parallel --without-mpi --without-python --build-type=complete install

gives you this output:

/boost_1_75_0/tools/build/src/tools\intel-win.jam:57: in intel-win.init from module intel-win
error: No intel compiler version found!
/boost_1_75_0/tools/build/src/build\toolset.jam:44: in toolset.using from module toolset
/boost_1_75_0/tools/build/src/tools\intel.jam:82: in intel.init from module intel
/boost_1_75_0/tools/build/src/build\toolset.jam:44: in toolset.using from module toolset
/boost_1_75_0/tools/build/src\build-system.jam:543: in process-explicit-toolset-requests from module build-system
/boost_1_75_0/tools/build/src\build-system.jam:610: in load from module build-system
/boost_1_75_0/tools/build/src/kernel\modules.jam:295: in import from module modules
/boost_1_75_0/tools/build/src/kernel/bootstrap.jam:139: in boost-build from module
/boost_1_75_0/boost-build.jam:17: in module scope from module

[Daniel_D]

Hi,

do you have any update on this or do you need more information? I think boost is very common in the C++ world and at least useful to support it like your older ICC/ICL compiler.

Thanks,

[GouthamK_Intel]

Hi Daniel,

Sorry for the delay,

Thanks for the information and steps to reproduce, I was able to reproduce the issue which you are facing.

We are escalating this thread to the Subject Matter Expert (SME) who will guide you further.

Have a Good day!

Thanks & Regards

Goutham

[cw_intel]

I can reproduce this issue. Now I try to figure out if there are any workarounds.

[cw_intel]

Building the Boost Library with oneAPI, the Base Toolkit & HPC Toolkit are required. I tried to build the atomic library with the below steps, and it succeeded. The steps I used are,

1. > cd boost_1_75_0​
2. Modify the intel-win.jam file in folder 'tools\build\src\tools'

a. add 'root = "C:/Program Files (x86)/Intel/oneAPI/compiler/2021.1.1/env" ; ' in line 178 to specify the location of vars.bat in oneAPI.

b. Modify the "iclvars_*.bat" to "vars_*.bat" in line 180;

c. Modify the "iclvars.bat" to "vars.bat" in line 183;

e. add '.iclvars-2021.1-supported-vcs = "14.2 14.1" ; ' in line 503. Because the version of icl in oneAPI is 2021.1;

3 . > bootstrap.bat

4 . > b2 install --prefix=C:\boost_installed --with-atomic toolset=intel-2021.1-vc14.1 link=static address-model=64 architecture=x86 runtime-link=static

[cw_intel]

I attached the intel_win.jam   (Note, the ".jam" file can't be uploaded here, so I change it to ".txt" file).

The test code I used is, 

//testBoost.cpp
#include <boost/atomic/atomic.hpp>
#include <thread>
#include <iostream>


boost::atomic<int> a(0);

void thread()
{
  ++a;
}

int main()
{
  std::thread t1{thread};
  std::thread t2{thread};
  t1.join();
  t2.join();
  std::cout << a << std::endl;  std::cout.setf(std::ios::boolalpha);  std::cout << a.is_lock_free() << std::endl;  //true
  
  return 0;
}

Open a oneAPI command prompt and  run the code with the below command,

> icl -I C:\boost_withoneAPI\boost_installed_static\include\boost-1_75 /c testBoost.cpp

> icl testBoost.obj /link "C:\boost_installed_static\lib\libboost_atomic-iw-mt-s-x64-1_75.lib" 

> testBoost.exe
2
true

This is just a simple test, we will build all libraries in Boost. And will also write a article about the building steps.  After the article is published, I will attach the link here.

Thanks,

-Chen

[Daniel_D]

Hi Chen,

thank you very much for your help. Great that you will publish an article. Looking forward to it.

Similar problems to compile with OpenSSL, maybe you can also have a look into this library? For some libraries in boost you may need OpenSSL (ASIO, SSL, HTTPS).

Thanks again.

Daniel

[cw_intel]

Hi Daniel,

I'm working in writing the article for building the boost, I will tell you when the article is published.

Thanks,

Chen

[cw_intel]

The article is under review. I will publish it as soon as possible after review.

[Daniel_D]

Cool. Locking forward to read the article. Can you please consider to do this for OpenSSL as well? Same problerms.

Daniel

[cw_intel]

Hi Daniel,

This article has been reviewed, and I will publish it later.

And now, I'm working on OpenSSL building.

Thanks,

Chen

[cw_intel]

Hi Daniel,

The article has been published here https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/articles/building-boost-with-oneapi.html?wapkw=building%20boost%20with%20intel%20oneAPI.

BTW, this article used boost-1.75. The boost-1.76 add oneAPI 2021 support, but the path that b2 search for this compiler is wrong. Need to specify the path of "setvars.sh" in intel-win.jam. Add " root = "C:/Program Files (x86)/Intel/oneAPI" ; " in lin184 in intel-win.jam. For other building steps with boost-1.76 , can also refer to the steps in that article. 

Thanks.

[cw_intel]

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