kernels/docs/install_vortex.md

Installing and Setting Up the Vortex Environment

Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04

1. Install the following dependencies:

   sudo apt-get install build-essential zlib1g-dev libtinfo-dev libncurses5 uuid-dev libboost-serialization-dev libpng-dev libhwloc-dev
   

2. Upgrade gcc to 11:

   sudo apt-get install gcc-11 g++-11
   

   Multiple gcc versions on Ubuntu can be managed with update-alternatives, e.g.:

   sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-9 9
   sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-9 9
   sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-11 11
   sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/g++ g++ /usr/bin/g++-11 11
   

3. Download the Vortex codebase:

   git clone --recursive https://github.com/vortexgpgpu/vortex.git
   

4. Install Vortex's prebuilt toolchain:

   cd vortex
   sudo ./ci/toolchain_install.sh -all
   
   # By default, the toolchain will install to /opt folder. This is recommended, but you can install the toolchain to a different directory by setting DESTDIR.
   DESTDIR=$TOOLDIR ./ci/toolchain_install.sh -all
   

5. Set up environment:

   export VORTEX_HOME=$TOOLDIR/vortex
   export LLVM_VORTEX=$TOOLDIR/llvm-vortex
   export LLVM_POCL=$TOOLDIR/llvm-pocl
   export POCL_CC_PATH=$TOOLDIR/pocl/compiler
   export POCL_RT_PATH=$TOOLDIR/pocl/runtime
   export RISCV_TOOLCHAIN_PATH=$TOOLDIR/riscv-gnu-toolchain
   export VERILATOR_ROOT=$TOOLDIR/verilator
   export SV2V_PATH=$TOOLDIR/sv2v
   export YOSYS_PATH=$TOOLDIR/yosys
   
   export PATH=$YOSYS_PATH/bin:$SV2V_PATH/bin:$VERILATOR_ROOT/bin:$PATH
   

6. Build Vortex

   make
   

RHEL 8

Note: depending on the system, some of the toolchain may need to be recompiled for non-Ubuntu Linux. The source for the tools can be found here.

1. Install the following dependencies:

   sudo yum install libpng-devel boost boost-devel boost-serialization libuuid-devel opencl-headers hwloc hwloc-devel gmp-devel compat-hwloc1
   

2. Upgrade gcc to 11:

   sudo yum install gcc-toolset-11
   

   Multiple gcc versions on Red Hat can be managed with scl

3. Install MPFR 4.2.0:

   Download the source and follow the installation documentation.

4. Download the Vortex codebase:

   git clone --recursive https://github.com/vortexgpgpu/vortex.git
   

5. Install Vortex's prebuilt toolchain:

   cd vortex
   sudo ./ci/toolchain_install.sh -all
   
   # By default, the toolchain will install to /opt folder. This is recommended, but you can install the toolchain to a different directory by setting DESTDIR.
   DESTDIR=$TOOLDIR ./ci/toolchain_install.sh -all
   

6. Set up environment:

   export VORTEX_HOME=$TOOLDIR/vortex
   export LLVM_VORTEX=$TOOLDIR/llvm-vortex
   export LLVM_POCL=$TOOLDIR/llvm-pocl
   export POCL_CC_PATH=$TOOLDIR/pocl/compiler
   export POCL_RT_PATH=$TOOLDIR/pocl/runtime
   export RISCV_TOOLCHAIN_PATH=$TOOLDIR/riscv-gnu-toolchain
   export VERILATOR_ROOT=$TOOLDIR/verilator
   export SV2V_PATH=$TOOLDIR/sv2v
   export YOSYS_PATH=$TOOLDIR/yosys
   
   export PATH=$YOSYS_PATH/bin:$SV2V_PATH/bin:$VERILATOR_ROOT/bin:$PATH
   
   export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=<path to mpfr>/src/.libs:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
   

7. Build Vortex

   make