Developer Guide

Developer Guide for Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library macOS*

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Date 7/13/2023
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Using the Custom Dynamically Linked Shared Library Builder

To build a custom dynamically linked shared library, use the following command:

make target [<options>]

The following table lists possible values of target and explains what the command does for each value:

Value

Comment

libintel64

The builder uses static Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library (oneMKL) interface, threading, and core libraries to build an Intel 64 dynamically linked shared library.

dylibuni

The builder uses the single dynamic library libmkl_rt.dylib to build an Intel 64 dynamically linked shared library.

help

The command prints Help on the custom dynamically linked shared library builder

The <options> placeholder stands for the list of parameters that define macros to be used by the makefile. The following table describes these parameters:

Parameter [Values]

Description

interface = {lp64|ilp64}

Defines whether to use LP64 or ILP64 programming interfacefor the Intel 64architecture.The default value is lp64.

threading = {parallel|sequential}

Defines whether to use the Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library (oneMKL) in the threaded or sequential mode. The default value isparallel.

Prallel = {intel|tbb}

Specifies whether to use Intel OpenMP or Intel® oneTBB. The default value isintel.

cluster = {yes|no}

(For libintel64only) Specifies whether Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library (oneMKL) cluster components (BLACS, ScaLAPACK and/or CDFT) are needed to build the custom shared object. The default value isno.

blacs_mpi = {intelmpi|msmpi}

Specifies the pre-compiled Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library (oneMKL) BLACS library to use. Ignored if'cluster=no'. The default value is intelmpi.

blacs_name = <lib name>

Specifies the name (without extension) of a custom Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library (oneMKL) BLACS library to use. Ignored if'cluster=no'. 'blacs_mpi' is ignored if 'blacs_name' was explicitly specified. The default value is mkl_blacs_<blacs_mpi>_<interface>.

mpi = <lib name>

Specifies the name (without extension) of the MPI library used to build the custom DLL. Ignored if 'cluster=no'. The default value is impi.

export = <file name>

Specifies the full name of the file that contains the list of entry-point functions to be included in the shared object. The default name is user_example_list (no extension).

name = <so name>

Specifies the name of the library to be created. By default, the names of the created library is mkl_custom.dylib.

xerbla = <error handler>

Specifies the name of the object file <user_xerbla>.othat contains the error handler of the user. The makefile adds this error handler to the library for use instead of the default Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library (oneMKL) error handlerxerbla. If you omit this parameter, the native Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library (oneMKL)xerbla is used. See the description of the xerblafunction in the Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library (oneMKL) Developer Reference to develop your own error handler.

MKLROOT = <mkl directory>

Specifies the location of Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library (oneMKL) libraries used to build the customdynamically linked shared library. By default, the builder uses the Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library (oneMKL) installation directory.

All of the above parameters are optional. However, you must make the system and c-runtime (crt) libraries and link.exe available by setting the PATH and LIB environment variables appropriately. You can do this in the following ways:

  • Manually
  • If you are using the Intel compiler, use the compilervars.sh script with the appropriate 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64 or amd-64) architecture flag.

In the simplest case, the command line is:

make ia32

and the missing options have default values. This command creates the  mkl_custom.dylib library . The command takes the list of functions from the user_listfile and uses the native Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library (oneMKL) error handlerxerbla.

Here is an example of a more complex case:

make intel64 export=my_func_list.txt name=mkl_small xerbla=my_xerbla.o

In this case, the command creates the mkl_small.dylib library. The command takes the list of functions from my_func_list.txt file and uses the error handler of the user my_xerbla.o.

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