flac dev - Jul 2018 - [PATCH 0/7] PowerPC64 performance improvements

Hi Brian,
> Thank you for this collection of patches.
> 
> How can I test them? What platforms (computers) have the ppc64 or
> POWER9 processor?
The IBM Bounty Source page has a list of resources:

https://www.bountysource.com/teams/ibm/bounties

Travis also has ppc64le support, so if you add the linux-ppc64le target
then FLAC will be tested on ppc64le.

Thanks,
Anton

> > How can I test them? What platforms (computers) have the ppc64 or
> > POWER9 processor?  
> 
> The IBM Bounty Source page has a list of resources:
> 
> https://www.bountysource.com/teams/ibm/bounties
> 
> Travis also has ppc64le support, so if you add the linux-ppc64le
> target then FLAC will be tested on ppc64le.
I forgot to mention that Raptor have a POWER9 system as well:

https://secure.raptorcs.com/content/TLSDS1/intro.html

Thanks,
Anton

On Jul 11, 2018, at 5:59 PM, Anton Blanchard <anton at ozlabs.org>
wrote:
> Hi Brian,
> 
>> Thank you for this collection of patches.
>> 
>> How can I test them? What platforms (computers) have the ppc64 or
>> POWER9 processor?
> 
> The IBM Bounty Source page has a list of resources:
> 
> https://www.bountysource.com/teams/ibm/bounties
> 
> Travis also has ppc64le support, so if you add the linux-ppc64le target
> then FLAC will be tested on ppc64le.
> 
> Thanks,
> Anton
Are those all Virtual Machines? If so, how do you really know that the
performance is 3.3x?

Brian

Hi,
> Are those all Virtual Machines? If so, how do you really know that
> the performance is 3.3x?
I have access to a number of different POWER9 systems, all native.

Thanks,
Anton