[petsc-users] Intel Internal compiler error: segmentation violation signal raised

[TAY wee-beng]

On 8/4/2014 7:39 PM, Jed Brown wrote:
> TAY wee-beng <zonexo at gmail.com> writes:
>> My impression was intel is mostly faster. However, does it apply to
>> gfortran too? Is it also faster for a lot of code than Intel fortran?
>> I'll give it a go if it's so. However, I remember changing a no. of
>> options to build and in the end, it was slower. that's a few yrs ago though.
> It varies, but usually not by a large factor and a broken compiler takes
> infinitely long to produce correct answers.  Report the bug to Intel,
> use gfortran (latest version), and get on with your business.  If/when
> Intel fixes the bug, if you still have a license, try ifort again.
Actually in my original email, I mentioned that by using petsc.h instead 
of petsc.h90, I was able to compile and build successfully. Running it 
seems to be fine. I will try gfortran when I have the time and report my 
results. Thanks!