Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation

Errata for current CD

Date: Wed Jun 18 17:13:24 PDT 1997

Text item: errata.txt 6/12/97 1:35P

Document Title: ERRATA.txt

                              Errata  for SPEC CPU95.
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You can get the latest information from the SPEC website 

http://www.spec.org/cpu95/issues/

As of Version 1.10:
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1. Potential problem:(Windows NT, Intel only)
   Specperl does not allow output redirection. The version of perl for Intel-based 
   systems does not allow redirection of stdout under Windows NT. So something like: 
   "runspec.bat -c default.cfg all >output" will give an error. 
   
   Solution: 
   SPEC does not have a solution at this time. Check the SPEC Website mentioned above
   for patches to solve the problem.

2. Potential problem:(Windows NT)
   Documentation cannot be read on Windows NT using Notepad. The documentation does 
   not have the proper CR/LF pair that is understood by Notepad

   Solution: 
   Use Microsoft Word or use the printed version shipped with the CD-ROM. 

3. Potential Problem: (Windows NT)
   Cannot use comma-separated lists of users on Windows NT for e.g.:
   "runspec.bat -r -u 1,1,1 all" will fail on Windows NT. 
   
   Solution: 
   Pass the comma-separated list enclosed in double quotes. You will need to download
   a patch for runspec.bat for this to work. SPEC will post a version of runspec.bat, 
   to download, see:
      http://www.spec.org/cpu95/patches/nt-commas/runspec.bat
  
4. Potential Problem: (Windows NT and Unix)
   The Makefiles, by default, pass -O as an optimization flag, while compiling every 
   benchmark. 

   Solution: 
   Check the updates on the SPEC website to find out the decision on this issue. 

5. Potential Problem:(Windows NT)
   Using Winzip to unzip the cpu95.taZ file in the Original.src directory on the
   CD-ROM will not unzip the 0 byte null.in input files for the ref and test inputs
   for 099.go. It will also corrupt the input files for ijpeg. 

   Solution: 
   Use the install.bat to install from the CD. 

   Reminder:
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   Reminder to those with little endian processor architechures (most Intel
   and Digital Equipment Corporation processors) when compiling 124.m88ksim:
   Use the portability flag: -DLEHOST