Gwen,

Wow, it was only 15 days ago too. The coincidence! Yes, that is the exact
problem. Thank you!

I have got mine compiled and I can see that it did build the converter for
the neon.

Kevin

On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 2:07 AM, Gwenhael Goavec-Merou via USRP-users <
usrp-users@lists.ettus.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> maybe this : https://github.com/EttusResearch/uhd/pull/135
> will help you
>
> Gwen
>
> On Fri, 10 Nov 2017 00:29:25 -0600
> Kevin McGuire via USRP-users <usrp-users@lists.ettus.com> wrote:
>
> > I was able to get the compiler flags passed in so that the check for
> > the header arm_neon.h passes. I added it to the CMakeList root file
> > with SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS, "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -mfloat-abi=softfp
> > -mfpu=neon").
> >
> > Then, it would detect neon. However, I spent considerable time
> > cleaning up whatever package problems I had since I ended up with a
> > bunch of weird errors.
> >
> > Once I straightened my packages up (Debian), it is compiling with
> > neon! And, hopefully, it will actually use the ARM neon routines.
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 3:22 AM, Kevin McGuire <kmcg3...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I have noticed that neon support for the converter is not enabling.
> > > The CMakeError.log has this output. I am not certain as I am not
> > > really familiar with ARM and NEON, but I checked my CPU and it does
> > > support it. Also, the error message below is saying it is just a
> > > matter of passing certain flags.
> > >
> > > /mnt/extra/usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/include/arm_
> neon.h:32:2:
> > > error: #error You must enable NEON instructions (e.g.
> > > -mfloat-abi=softfp -mfpu=neon) to use arm_neon.h
> > >  #error You must enable NEON instructions (e.g. -mfloat-abi=softfp
> > > -mfpu=neon) to use arm_neon.h
> > >
> > > Normally, I would just fix it myself and move forward, but me and
> > > CMake mix like oil and water. It is kind of embarrassing but I
> > > swear it never does what I want it do - such as adding a darn flag.
> > > I even tried to force the options, lol, and all be danged if CMake
> > > finds some way to error.
> > >
> > > Will work on this tomorrow, but if anyone has a solution I am all
> > > ears. If not then no problem and I will reply when I figure it out.
> > >
> > > This came about when I noticed what really seemed like abnormally
> > > high CPU usage on my ARM code for a simple shuffling of data out of
> > > the network packets. I traced what I felt like was the biggest
> > > possible hot spot to the converter routine. Anyway, that is my plan
> > > right now, to see if NEON might help if the converter is having to
> > > swap byte order.
>
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