Developer Guide for Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library for Windows*

Developer Guide

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Building a Custom Dynamic-link Library in the Visual Studio* Development System

You can build a custom dynamic-link library (DLL) in the Microsoft Visual Studio* Development System (VS*). To do this, use projects available in the
tools\builder\MSVS_Projects
subdirectory of the
Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library
 directory. The directory contains subdirectories with projects for the respective versions of the Visual Studio Development System, for example,
VS2012
. For each version of VS two solutions are available:
  • libia32.sln
     builds a custom DLL for the IA-32 architecture.
  • libintel64.sln
     builds a custom DLL for the Intel® 64 architecture.
The builder uses the following default settings for the custom DLL:
Interface:
cdecl for the IA-32 architecture and LP64 for the Intel 64 architecture
Error handler:
Native
Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library
xerbla
Create Microsoft manifest:
yes
List of functions:
in the project's source file
examples.def
To build a custom DLL:
  1. Set the
    MKLROOT
    environment variable with the installation directory of the
    Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library
     version you are going to use.
  2. Open the
    libia32.sln
     or
    libintel64.sln
     solution depending on the architecture of your system.
    The solution includes the following projects:
    • i_malloc_dll
    • vml_dll_core
    • cdecl_parallel
      (in
      libia32.sln
      ) or
      lp64_parallel
      (in
      libintel64.sln
      )
    • cdecl_sequential
      (in
      libia32.sln
      ) or
      lp64_sequential
      (in
      libintel64.sln
      )
  3. [Optional] To change any of the default settings, select the project depending on whether the DLL will use
    Intel® oneAPI Math Kernel Library
     functions in the sequential or multi-threaded mode:
    • In the
      libia32
       solution, select the
      cdecl_sequential
       or
      cdecl_parallel
       project.
    • In the
      libintel64
       solution, select the
      lp64_sequential
       or
      lp64_parallel
       project.
  4. [Optional] To include your own error handler in the DLL:
    1. Select
      Project
      >
      Properties
      >
      Configuration Properties
      >
      Linker
      >
      Input
      .
    2. Add
      <user_xerbla>
      .obj
  5. [Optional] To turn off creation of the manifest:
    1. Select
      Project
      >
      Properties
      >
      Configuration Properties
      >
      Linker
      >
      Manifest File
      >
      Generate Manifest
      .
    2. Select: no.
  6. [Optional] To change the list of functions to be included in the DLL:
    1. Select
      Source Files
      .
    2. Edit the
      examples.def
       file. Refer to Specifying Function Names for how to specify entry points.
  7. To build the library, select
    Build
    >
    Build Solution
    .

Product and Performance Information

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Performance varies by use, configuration and other factors. Learn more at www.Intel.com/PerformanceIndex.