ARCHIVED: Compile Fortran programs on Big Red II at IU

• Overview
• Cray
• Portland Group (PGI)
• GNU

Overview

On Big Red II at Indiana University, Fortran code that will execute on the compute nodes should be compiled with the ftn command. The command will indirectly invoke the Cray, Portland Group (PGI), or GNU (GCC) Fortran compiler depending on the programming environment you have loaded.

Programming environments on Big Red II are controlled using the Modules user environment package. The following programming environment modules are available on Big Red II; information about using ftn with each is provided below:

The only compiler switch common to each programming environment is default64, which promotes all integers and real numbers to a 64-bit default, and is compatible with the 64-bit MPI libraries.

Cray

The ftn command will invoke the Cray Fortran compiler when the Cray programming environment module (PrgEnv-cray/4.1.40) is loaded. To load the module, on the command line, enter:

module load PrgEnv-cray/4.1.40

The Cray compiler switches are heavily treed. The top-level switches contain most legacy switches, such as -o (output file), -O (optimization; default is -O2), -l (library name), and -L (library directory). Other switches, such as -e (enable compiling options), -d (disable compiling options), and -h (arguments), have multiple sub-options.

For details about Cray Fortran compiler switches and options, see the crayftn manual page on Big Red II; on the command line, enter:

man crayftn 

Portland Group (PGI)

The ftn command will invoke the PGI Fortran compiler when the PrgEnv-pgi/4.1.40 programming environment module is loaded. To load the module, on the command line, enter:

module load PrgEnv-pgi/4.1.40

Although you'll use ftn to indirectly invoke the PGI Fortran compiler, you'll use it with most of the normal pgf95 compiler switches (except the -Mprof=mpi, -Mmpi, and -Mscalapack switches, which are not supported on Cray XT systems).

For details about the available PGI Fortran compiler switches and options, see the pgf95 manual page on Big Red II; on the command line, enter:

man pgf95

GNU

The ftn command will invoke the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) Fortran compiler when the PrgEnv-gnu/4.1.40 programming environment module is loaded. To load the module, on the command line, enter:

module load PrgEnv-gnu/4.1.40

Although you'll use the ftn command to indirectly invoke the GCC Fortran compiler, you'll use it with the normal set of gfortran compiler switches.

For details about GCC Fortran compiler switches and options, see the gfortran manual page on Big Red II; on the command line, enter:

man gfortran