icc Current Status

[Eric De La Cruz Lugo]

Hi, Stefan:
 
I was wondering about the Status for the intel Compiler "icc V. 10 " , there are any news about it?
 
I am into a cluster (HPC) project for this Year (2009), and am trying to install FreeBSD 7 or 6.4 at least, but one requierement for the Physics and Math Guys is the Intel Compiler.
 
Thanks in advance on this.
 
Eric De La Cruz Lugo
Merida, Yucatan, Mexico.
 
 
From: Stefan Walter stefan at freebsd.org  
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:12:17 +0200  
Feedback received by originator:

Simon Robbins, 14.10.08, 14:47h CEST:

> > Simon, are you still interested in updating the port? Maybe you'd
> > even be interested in becoming its maintainer?
> 
> The patch provided is not up to date and also has limitations in terms
> of the icc functionality provided. Recent discussions I've had with
> intel sales representatives have suggested that they maybe more
> inclined to support icc on FreeBSD directly in the future. This gave
> me the impression that maybe someone else within the FreeBSD community
> must be in discussions with Intel.
> 
> I am rather busy at the moment but will try to find time later this
> week to reevaluate icc on FreeBSD. I currently use icc9.1 on FreeBSD
> for profiling and optimization of code but am interested in using it
> more widely in the future.