Mercurial > mxe-octave
changeset 6596:a6de35a3ea42
README.html: Add note about OpenGL Switcher. Expand a bit on BLAS Switcher.
author | Markus Mützel <markus.muetzel@gmx.de> |
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date | Mon, 02 Jan 2023 11:51:08 +0100 |
parents | 1ca40299f552 |
children | 8e478f624e92 |
files | installer-files/README.html |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/installer-files/README.html Sun Jan 01 18:59:39 2023 -0500 +++ b/installer-files/README.html Mon Jan 02 11:51:08 2023 +0100 @@ -33,14 +33,6 @@ the default installation location is inside <code>%LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\GNU Octave</code>.</p> -<h2>BLAS Library Selection</h2> -<p>During the installation, a default BLAS library was selected. The installer -contains two BLAS implementations, -the <a href="http://www.netlib.org/blas/">NetLib reference BLAS</a> -and <a href="http://www.openblas.net/">OpenBLAS</a>.</p> -<p>The used implementation can be changed after installation with the "BLAS -Switcher" in the Start menu.</p> - <h2>Included Octave Forge Packages</h2> <p>A <a href="https://wiki.octave.org/Octave_for_Microsoft_Windows#Packages"> number of Octave-Forge packages</a> has been included with Octave for Windows. @@ -56,6 +48,29 @@ <p>Other packages are available from <a href="https://octave.sourceforge.io/">Octave-Forge</a>.</p> +<h2>BLAS Library Selection</h2> +<p>During the installation, a default BLAS library was selected. The installer +contains two BLAS implementations, +the <a href="http://www.netlib.org/blas/">NetLib reference BLAS</a> +and <a href="http://www.openblas.net/">OpenBLAS</a>.</p> +<p>The implementation by OpenBLAS tries to use the CPU features available on the +system. That means that it might perform faster than the reference +implementation. On the other hand, using it might result in higher round-off +errors.</p> +<p>The used implementation can be changed after installation with the "BLAS +Switcher" in the Start menu.</p> + +<h2>OpenGL Renderer Selection</h2> +<p>During installation, an OpenGL renderer was selected. Octave for Windows +includes a software OpenGL renderer (llvmpipe by +<a href="https://www.mesa3d.org/">Mesa 3D</a>). That renderer can be used if the +OpenGL renderer drivers installed on the system aren't working as expected.</p> +<p>Note that the OpenGL renderer installed on the system might be hardware +accelerated. That means it might perform much faster than the software OpenGL +renderer.</p> +<p>The OpenGL renderer used by Octave can be changed after installation with the +"OpenGL Switcher" in the Start menu.</p> + <h2>General information for Octave on Windows</h2> <p>Octave is developed primarily on GNU/Linux. The programs and wrapper scripts bundled in this installer make a best effort to provide a seamless experience