[Pkg-scicomp-devel] Bug#559665: libatlas3gf-v9: Fails to detect UltraSparc CPU

[Patrick Finnegan]

Package: libatlas3gf-v9
Version: 3.6.0-24
Severity: important

libatlas3gf-v9 does not correctly detect if an UltraSparc CPU is present.
Newer kernels use "cpu" not "cpu model" as the field that has "UltraSparc"
in it, in /proc/cpuinfo.

Eg:

pat at v210:~$ uname -a
Linux v210 2.6.32-rc3 #2 SMP Fri Nov 27 21:41:10 EST 2009 sparc GNU/Linux
pat at v210:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
cpu             : TI UltraSparc IIIi (Jalapeno)
fpu             : UltraSparc IIIi integrated FPU
pmu             : ultra3i
prom            : OBP 4.13.2 2004/03/29 10:11
type            : sun4u
ncpus probed    : 2
ncpus active    : 2
D$ parity tl1   : 0
I$ parity tl1   : 0
Cpu0ClkTck      : 000000003bb94e80
Cpu1ClkTck      : 000000003bb94e80
MMU Type        : Cheetah+
State:
CPU0:           online
CPU1:           online


To correct this, the package libatlas3gf-v9.config script needs to have
this line:

if ! grep ^"cpu model" /proc/cpuinfo | grep -q UltraSparc; then

changed to something more like this:

if ! grep ^"cpu " /proc/cpuinfo | grep -q UltraSparc; then

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: sparc

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-rc3 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages libatlas3gf-v9 depends on:
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.28     Debian configuration management sy
ii  libc6                         2.10.1-7   GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1                       1:4.4.2-3  GCC support library
ii  libgfortran3                  4.4.2-3    Runtime library for GNU Fortran ap

libatlas3gf-v9 recommends no packages.

Versions of packages libatlas3gf-v9 suggests:
ii  libblas3gf                    1.2-2      Basic Linear Algebra Subroutines 3
pn  liblapack3gf                  <none>     (no description available)

-- debconf information:
* libatlas3gf-v9/no_v9: