		SuperLU (Version 3.0)
		=====================

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SuperLU contains a set of subroutines to solve a sparse linear system 
A*X=B. It uses Gaussian elimination with partial pivoting (GEPP). 
The columns of A may be preordered before factorization; the 
preordering for sparsity is completely separate from the factorization.

SuperLU is implemented in ANSI C, and must be compiled with standard 
ANSI C compilers. It provides functionality for both real and complex
matrices, in both single and double precision. The file names for the 
single-precision real version start with letter "s" (such as sgstrf.c);
the file names for the double-precision real version start with letter "d"
(such as dgstrf.c); the file names for the single-precision complex
version start with letter "c" (such as cgstrf.c); the file names
for the double-precision complex version start with letter "z" 
(such as zgstrf.c).


SuperLU contains the following directory structure:

    SuperLU/README    instructions on installation
    SuperLU/CBLAS/    needed BLAS routines in C, not necessarily fast
    SuperLU/EXAMPLE/  example programs
    SuperLU/FORTRAN/  Fortran interface
    SuperLU/INSTALL/  test machine dependent parameters; the Users' Guide.
    SuperLU/MAKE_INC/ sample machine-specific make.inc files
    SuperLU/MATLAB/   Matlab mex-file interface
    SuperLU/SRC/      C source code, to be compiled into the superlu.a library
    SuperLU/TESTING/  driver routines to test correctness
    SuperLU/Makefile  top level Makefile that does installation and testing
    SuperLU/make.inc  compiler, compile flags, library definitions and C
                      preprocessor definitions, included in all Makefiles.
                      (You may need to edit it to be suitable for your system
                       before compiling the whole package.)


Before installing the package, please examine the three things dependent 
on your system setup:

1. Edit the make.inc include file.
   This make include file is referenced inside each of the Makefiles
   in the various subdirectories. As a result, there is no need to 
   edit the Makefiles in the subdirectories. All information that is
   machine specific has been defined in this include file. 

   Example machine-specific make.inc include files are provided 
   in the MAKE_INC/ directory for several systems, such as 
   IBM RS/6000, DEC Alpha, SunOS 4.x, SunOS 5.x (Solaris), HP-PA and
   SGI Iris 4.x.  When you have selected the machine to which you wish 
   to install SuperLU, copy the appropriate sample include file (if one 
   is present) into make.inc. For example, if you wish to run 
   SuperLU on an IBM RS/6000, you can do

       cp MAKE_INC/make.rs6k make.inc
   
   For the systems other than listed above, slight modifications to the 
   make.inc file will need to be made.
   
2. The BLAS library.
   If there is BLAS library available on your machine, you may define
   the following in the file SuperLU/make.inc:
        BLASDEF = -DUSE_VENDOR_BLAS
        BLASLIB = <BLAS library you wish to link with>

   The CBLAS/ subdirectory contains the part of the C BLAS needed by 
   SuperLU package. However, these codes are intended for use only if there 
   is no faster implementation of the BLAS already available on your machine.
   In this case, you should do the following:

    1) In SuperLU/make.inc, undefine (comment out) BLASDEF, and define:
          BLASLIB = ../blas$(PLAT).a

    2) Go to the SuperLU/ directory, type:
          make blaslib
       to make the BLAS library from the routines in the CBLAS/ subdirectory.

3. C preprocessor definition CDEFS.
   In the header file SRC/Cnames.h, we use macros to determine how
   C routines should be named so that they are callable by Fortran.
   (Some vendor-supplied BLAS libraries do not have C interface. So the 
    re-naming is needed in order for the SuperLU BLAS calls (in C) to 
    interface with the Fortran-style BLAS.)
   The possible options for CDEFS are:

       o -DAdd_: Fortran expects a C routine to have an underscore
		 postfixed to the name;
       o -DNoChange: Fortran expects a C routine name to be identical to
		     that compiled by C;
       o -DUpCase: Fortran expects a C routine name to be all uppercase.
   
4. The Matlab MEX-file interface.
   The MATLAB/ subdirectory includes Matlab C MEX-files, so that 
   our factor and solve routines can be called as alternatives to those
   built into Matlab. In the file SuperLU/make.inc, define MATLAB to be the 
   directory in which Matlab is installed on your system, for example:

       MATLAB = /usr/local/matlab

   At the SuperLU/ directory, type "make matlabmex" to build the MEX-file
   interface. After you have built the interface, you may go to the MATLAB/ 
   directory to test the correctness by typing (in Matlab):
       trysuperlu
       trylusolve

A Makefile is provided in each subdirectory. The installation can be done
completely automatically by simply typing "make" at the top level.
The test results are in the files below:
       INSTALL/install.out
       TESTING/stest.out
       TESTING/dtest.out
       TESTING/ctest.out
       TESTING/ztest.out



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| RELEASE NOTES |
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* Version 3.0, 10-15-03
   - add "options" and "stat" argument for the driver routines
     DGSSV/DGSSVX. This interface is more user-friendly and flexible.
   - add more examples in EXAMPLE/
   - add a "symmetric mode" with better performance when the matrix is
     symmetric, or diagonal dominant, or positive definite, or nearly so.

