Fermat Software research project

[tony]

Hello,


Currently I'm studying a Computer Engineering Degree, and I have to do a research work to explain how the following software works:

• GPU_ECM.
• Feromant_CUDA.
• mmff.
• Ppsieve CUDA

I have searched the internet but I haven't found anything. Could someone give me some information about the operation of these algorithms?


Thank you,
Tony.


Pd: Please excuse my limited English.

[ET_]

Originally Posted by tony

Hello,


Currently I'm studying a Computer Engineering Degree, and I have to do a research work to explain how the following software works:

• GPU_ECM.
• Feromant_CUDA.
• mmff.
• Ppsieve CUDA

I have searched the internet but I haven't found anything. Could someone give me some information about the operation of these algorithms?


Thank you,
Tony.


Pd: Please excuse my limited English.

Do you need a hint about how to use parameters and switches, or the algorithms behind them?
I s ee you chose four CUDA based programs: do you need to know how and what has been parallelized?

Luigi

[tony]

Originally Posted by ET_

Do you need a hint about how to use parameters and switches, or the algorithms behind them?
I s ee you chose four CUDA based programs: do you need to know how and what has been parallelized?

Luigi

Hello Luigi, thanks for answering so quickly.

You are right, I have chosen these programs because my research work, titled "Parallel Fermat", is about algorithm parallelization so I need a brief explanation about how and what has been parallelized in them.



I can send you the current version of my research work, although regrettably it's in Spanish but I can try to translate it, if you want.


Cheers,
Tony.

[ET_]

Originally Posted by tony

Hello Luigi, thanks for answering so quickly.

You are right, I have chosen these programs because my research work, titled "Parallel Fermat", is about algorithm parallelization so I need a brief explanation about how and what has been parallelized in them.



I can send you the current version of my research work, although regrettably it's in Spanish but I can try to translate it, if you want.


Cheers,
Tony.

Yes, please, I can read Spanish Once I read your work it will be easier to answer to your questions, although they all have a similar parallelization algorithm.
You can send it to l DOT morelli AT moreware DOT org

Luigi

[tony]

Originally Posted by ET_

Yes, please, I can read Spanish Once I read your work it will be easier to answer to your questions, although they all have a similar parallelization algorithm.
You can send it to l DOT morelli AT moreware DOT org

Luigi

Thank you so much! I am going to send you it right now.


Tony.

[ET_]

Originally Posted by tony

Thank you so much! I am going to send you it right now.


Tony.

Got them. Time to read...

[tony]

Originally Posted by ET_

Got them. Time to read...

Of course!

[tony]

I tried to install GPU-ECM with the instruction ./configure --enable-gpu but I get the following error:
checking if nvcc know ptx instruction madc... no
configure: error: nvcc does not recognize ptx instruction madc, you should upgrade it

Do I have to update the cuda-toolkit version?


Thanks,

Tony.


P.S.: I enclose the complete result of the command