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Invoke the Open64 C compiler.
         Also used to invoke linker for C programs.
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Invoke the Open64 C++ compiler.
         Also used to invoke linker for C++ programs.
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Invoke the Open64 Fortran 77, 90 and 95 compilers. 
         Also used to invoke linker for Fortran programs and
         for mixed C / Fortran.  openf90 and openf95 are synonymous.
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This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
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This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
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This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
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This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
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This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
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This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
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CFP2006:
If -funderscoring is in effect, and the original Fortran external identifier contained an underscore, -fsecond-underscore appends a second underscore to the one added by -funderscoring. -fno-second-underscore does not append a second underscore. The default is both -funderscoring and -fsecond-underscore, the same defaults as g77 uses. -fno-second-underscore corresponds to the default policies of PGI Fortran and Intel Fortran.
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This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
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This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
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This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
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This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
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This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
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This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
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This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
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This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
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This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
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This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
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This macro indicates that the benchmark is being compiled on a Linux system.
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This macro indicates that Fortran functions called from C should have their names lower-cased.
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CFP2006:
If -funderscoring is in effect, and the original Fortran external identifier contained an underscore, -fsecond-underscore appends a second underscore to the one added by -funderscoring. -fno-second-underscore does not append a second underscore. The default is both -funderscoring and -fsecond-underscore, the same defaults as g77 uses. -fno-second-underscore corresponds to the default policies of PGI Fortran and Intel Fortran.
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This option is used to indicate that the host system's integers are 32-bits wide, and longs and pointers are 64-bits wide. Not all benchmarks recognize this macro, but the preferred practice for data model selection applies the flags to all benchmarks; this flag description is a placeholder for those benchmarks that do not recognize this macro.
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Compiler will generate instructions and schedule them appropriately for the selected processor type. The default value, auto, means to optimize for the platform on which the compiler is running, as determined by reading /proc/cpuinfo. anyx86 means a generic 32-bit x86 processor without SSE2 support.
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Instructs the compiler to perform aggressive optimizations that are likely to improve the scalability of an application running on a system with multi-core processors. In particular, these optimizations may target machine resources that are shared among the multiple cores of a processor, e.g. memory bandwidth, shared L3 cache, etc.
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Uses a selection of optimizations in order to maximize performance.
         Specifying "-Ofast" is equivalent to -O3 -ipa -OPT:Ofast -fno-math-errno -ffast-math.
         These optimization options are generally safe. Floating-point accuracy may
         be affected due to the transformation of the computational code. Note the
         interprocedural analysis option, -ipa, specifies limitations on how libraries
         and object files (.o files) are built.
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-OPT:malloc_algorithm,malloc_alg=(0|1|2)
         To improve runtime speed the compiler will select an optimal malloc
         algorithm. To enable the selected algorithm, setup code is included
         in the C/C++ and Fortran main function.
         
The two parameters, M_MMAP_MAX and M_TRIM_THRESHOLD, are described below.
Function: int mallopt (int param, int value) When calling mallopt, the param argument specifies the parameter to be set, and value the new value to be set. Possible choices for param, as defined in malloc.h, are:
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Compiler will generate instructions and schedule them appropriately for the selected processor type. The default value, auto, means to optimize for the platform on which the compiler is running, as determined by reading /proc/cpuinfo. anyx86 means a generic 32-bit x86 processor without SSE2 support.
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Instructs the compiler to perform aggressive optimizations that are likely to improve the scalability of an application running on a system with multi-core processors. In particular, these optimizations may target machine resources that are shared among the multiple cores of a processor, e.g. memory bandwidth, shared L3 cache, etc.
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Uses a selection of optimizations in order to maximize performance.
         Specifying "-Ofast" is equivalent to -O3 -ipa -OPT:Ofast -fno-math-errno -ffast-math.
         These optimization options are generally safe. Floating-point accuracy may
         be affected due to the transformation of the computational code. Note the
         interprocedural analysis option, -ipa, specifies limitations on how libraries
         and object files (.o files) are built.
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-static
         On systems that support dynamic linking, this prevents linking with shared
         libraries. On other systems, this option has no effect.
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-INLINE:aggressive=(on|off|0|1): Instructs the compiler to be very aggressive when performing inlining. The default is "-INLINE:aggressive=OFF".
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-OPT:malloc_algorithm,malloc_alg=(0|1|2)
         To improve runtime speed the compiler will select an optimal malloc
         algorithm. To enable the selected algorithm, setup code is included
         in the C/C++ and Fortran main function.
         
The two parameters, M_MMAP_MAX and M_TRIM_THRESHOLD, are described below.
Function: int mallopt (int param, int value) When calling mallopt, the param argument specifies the parameter to be set, and value the new value to be set. Possible choices for param, as defined in malloc.h, are:
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Compiler will generate instructions and schedule them appropriately for the selected processor type. The default value, auto, means to optimize for the platform on which the compiler is running, as determined by reading /proc/cpuinfo. anyx86 means a generic 32-bit x86 processor without SSE2 support.
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Instructs the compiler to perform aggressive optimizations that are likely to improve the scalability of an application running on a system with multi-core processors. In particular, these optimizations may target machine resources that are shared among the multiple cores of a processor, e.g. memory bandwidth, shared L3 cache, etc.
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Uses a selection of optimizations in order to maximize performance.
         Specifying "-Ofast" is equivalent to -O3 -ipa -OPT:Ofast -fno-math-errno -ffast-math.
         These optimization options are generally safe. Floating-point accuracy may
         be affected due to the transformation of the computational code. Note the
         interprocedural analysis option, -ipa, specifies limitations on how libraries
         and object files (.o files) are built.
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Compiler will generate instructions and schedule them appropriately for the selected processor type. The default value, auto, means to optimize for the platform on which the compiler is running, as determined by reading /proc/cpuinfo. anyx86 means a generic 32-bit x86 processor without SSE2 support.
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Instructs the compiler to perform aggressive optimizations that are likely to improve the scalability of an application running on a system with multi-core processors. In particular, these optimizations may target machine resources that are shared among the multiple cores of a processor, e.g. memory bandwidth, shared L3 cache, etc.
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Uses a selection of optimizations in order to maximize performance.
         Specifying "-Ofast" is equivalent to -O3 -ipa -OPT:Ofast -fno-math-errno -ffast-math.
         These optimization options are generally safe. Floating-point accuracy may
         be affected due to the transformation of the computational code. Note the
         interprocedural analysis option, -ipa, specifies limitations on how libraries
         and object files (.o files) are built.
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-OPT:malloc_algorithm,malloc_alg=(0|1|2)
         To improve runtime speed the compiler will select an optimal malloc
         algorithm. To enable the selected algorithm, setup code is included
         in the C/C++ and Fortran main function.
         
The two parameters, M_MMAP_MAX and M_TRIM_THRESHOLD, are described below.
Function: int mallopt (int param, int value) When calling mallopt, the param argument specifies the parameter to be set, and value the new value to be set. Possible choices for param, as defined in malloc.h, are:
This section contains descriptions of flags that were included implicitly by other flags, but which do not have a permanent home at SPEC.
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Perform all the optimizations at the -O2 level as well as many more aggressive optimizations. Examples of such aggressive optimizations are loop nest optimizations and generation of prefetch instructions. Although these more aggressive optimizations can significantly speed up the run time execution of the compiled program, in rare cases they may not be profitable and may instead lead to a slow down. Also, some of these more aggressive optimizations may affect the accuracy of some floating point computations.
If multiple "O" options are used, with or without level numbers, the last such option is the one that is effective. Level 2 is assumed if no value is specified (i.e. "-O". The default is "-O2".
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Perform extensive global optimizations. Examples of such optimizations are control flow optimizations, partial redundancy elimination, and strength reduction. These optimizations can very often reduce the execution time of the compiled program significantly, but they may do so at the expense of increased compilation time. This is the default level of optimization.
If multiple "O" options are used, with or without level numbers, the last such option is the one that is effective. Level 2 is assumed if no value is specified (i.e. "-O". The default is "-O2".
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Perform minimal local optimizations on sections of straight-line code (basic blocks) only. Examples of such optimizations are instruction scheduling and some peephole optimizations. These optimizations do not usually have any noticeable impact on compilation time.
If multiple "O" options are used, with or without level numbers, the last such option is the one that is effective. Level 2 is assumed if no value is specified (i.e. "-O". The default is "-O2".
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Instructs the compiler to invoke inter-procedural analysis. Specifying "-ipa" is equivalent to "-IPA" and "-IPA:" with no suboptions, thus the default settings for the individual IPA suboptions are used.
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-OPT:Ofast
         Maximizes performance for a given platform using the selected optimizations.
         "-OPT:Ofast" specifies four optimizations; "-OPT:ro=2",
         "-OPT:Olimit=0", "-OPT:div_split=ON", and "-OPT:alias=typed".
         Note the specified optimizations are ordinarily safe but floating
         point accuracy due to transformations may be diminished.
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-OPT:roundoff,ro=(0|1|2|3)
         "-OPT:roundoff" specifies acceptable levels of divergence for both
         accuracy and overflow/underflow behavior of floating-point results
         relative to the source language rules. The roundoff value is
         in the range 0-3 with each value described as follows:
         0 Do no transformations which could affect floating-point
              results. The default for optimization levels "-O0", "-O1",
              and "-O2".
         1 Allow all transformations which have a limited affect
              on floating-point results. For roundoff, limited is defined
              as only the last bit or two of the mantissa is affected.
              For overflow or underflow, limited is defined as
              intermediate results of the transformed calculation may
              overflow or underflow within a factor of two of where
              the original expression may have overflowed or underflowed.
              Note that effects may be less limited when
              compounded by multiple transformations. This is the
              default when "-O3" is specified.
         2 Specifies transformations with extensive effects on
              floating-point results. For example, allow associative
              rearrangement (i.e. even across loop iterations) and the 
              distribution of multiplication over addition or
              subtraction. Do not specify transformations known to
              cause: a. cumulative roundoff errors, or b. overflow/underflow 
              of operands in a large range of valid floating-point values.
              This is the default when specifying "-OPT:Ofast".
         3 Specify any mathematically valid transformation of
              floating-point expressions. For example, floating point
              induction variables in loops are permitted (even if
              known to cause cumulative roundoff errors). Also
              permitted are fast algorithms for complex absolute
              value and divide (which will overflow/underflow for
              operands beyond the square root of the representable extremes).
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-OPT:Olimit=N
         Controls the size of procedures to be optimized. Procedures above
         the specified cutoff limit, N, are not optimized. N=0 means
         "infinite Olimit", which causes all procedures to be optimized
         with no consideration regarding compilation times. Note if
         "-OPT:Ofast" is enabled then "-OPT:Olimit=0" or when "-O3" is
         enabled "-OPT:Olimit=9000". The default is "-OPT:Olimit=6000".
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-OPT:div_split=(on|off|0|1)
         Instruct the compiler to transform x/y into x*(recip(y)). Flags 
         -OPT:Ofast or -OPT:IEEE_arithmetic=3 will enable this optimization. 
         Note this transform generates fairly accurate code. The default
         is "-OPT:div_split=OFF".
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The "-OPT:" option group controls various optimizations. The "-OPT:" options supersede the defaults that are based on the main optimization level.
-OPT:alias=<model>
         Identify which pointer aliasing model to use. The compiler will
         make assumptions during compilation when one or more of the
         following <model> is specified:
         typed
            Assumes that two pointers of different types will not
            point to the same location in memory (i.e. the code
            adheres to the ANSI/ISO C standards). Note when
            specifying "-OPT:Ofast" turns this option ON.
         (restricted|restrict)
            Assumes that distinct pointers are pointing to distinct
            non-overlapping objects. The default is that this optimization
            is disabled.
         disjoint
            Assumes that any two pointer expressions are pointing
            to distinct non-overlapping objects. This default is that this
            optimization is disabled.
         no_f90_pointer_alias
            Assumes that any two different Fortran 90 pointers are
            pointing to distinct non-overlapping objects. The default
            is that this optimization is disabled.
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Do not set ERRNO after calling math functions that are executed with a single instruction, e.g. sqrt. A program that relies on IEEE exceptions for math error handling may want to use this flag for speed while maintaining IEEE arithmetic compatibility. Note specifying "-Ofast" implies "-fno-math-errno". The default is "-fmath-errno".
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"-fast-math" instructs the compiler to relax ANSI/ISO or IEEE 
            rules/specifications for math functions in order to optimize 
            floating-point computations to improve runtime.
            "-fno-fast-math" instructs the compiler to conform to ANSI and 
            IEEE math rules.  This option causes the preprocessor macro 
            __FAST_MATH__ to be defined.
            Note: 
            "-Ofast" implies "-ffast-math".
            "-ffast-math" sets options "-fno-math-errno" and "-OPT:IEEE_arithmetic=2".
            "-fno-fast-math" sets options "-fmath-errno" and "-OPT:IEEE arithmetic=1".
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Copyright 2006-2014 Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation
Tested with SPEC CPU2006 v1.1.
Report generated on Thu Jul 24 01:06:59 2014 by SPEC CPU2006 flags formatter v6906.