Question about introducing MKL to OMNeT++ on Windows

[Chaoxian Zhang]

Hi,

I'm using Intel MKL to speed up my simulation with OMNeT++ 5.0, and everything goes well on Ubuntu (with OMNeT++ and MKL both Linux distribution). 

However, the compiler failed to link MKL libraries to my simulation program in OMNeT++ with its Windows distribution. I tried both Windows and Linux libraries of MKL but neither works.

My question is:

1. It was said that MKL could not support mingw enviroments on Windows, can I infer that it's impossible for compiler to link MKL with OMNeT++ on Windows?

2. If the MKL can't support OMNeT++ on Windows at all, are there any matrix computation libraries work fine with OMNeT++ on Windows? Is OpenBLAS a good alternative?

Many thanks for your kind reply.

[Rudolf Hornig]

On Sunday, 24 July 2016 15:40:19 UTC+2, Chaoxian Zhang wrote:

Hi,

I'm using Intel MKL to speed up my simulation with OMNeT++ 5.0, and everything goes well on Ubuntu (with OMNeT++ and MKL both Linux distribution). 

However, the compiler failed to link MKL libraries to my simulation program in OMNeT++ with its Windows distribution. I tried both Windows and Linux libraries of MKL but neither works.

My question is:

1. It was said that MKL could not support mingw enviroments on Windows, can I infer that it's impossible for compiler to link MKL with OMNeT++ on Windows?

Yes. OMNeT++ on windows uses the MinGW compiler. If your library specifically mentions that it does not work, then you cannot use it. 

[Chaoxian Zhang]

OK, I get it. Finally I give up the efforts on Windows and turn to Ubuntu to continue my developments.

Thanks a lot.