Notational Conventions

The following term is used in reference to the operating system.

This term refers to information that is valid on all supportedLinux* operating systems.

The following notations are used to refer to Intel MKL directories.

The installation directory for the Intel® C++ Composer XE or Intel® Fortran Composer XE .

The main directory where Intel MKL is installed:

<mkl directory>=<Composer XE directory>/mkl.

Replace this placeholder with the specific pathname in the configuring, linking, and building instructions.

The following font conventions are used in this document.

Italic is used for emphasis and also indicates document names in body text, for example:
see Intel MKL Reference Manual.

Indicates filenames, directory names, and pathnames, for example: ./benchmarks/linpack

Indicates:

• Commands and command-line options, for example,

  icc myprog.c -L$MKLPATH -I$MKLINCLUDE -lmkl -liomp5 -lpthread  

• C/C++ code fragments, for example,
  a = new double [SIZE*SIZE];

Indicates system variables, for example, $MKLPATH.

Indicates a parameter in discussions, for example, lda.

When enclosed in angle brackets, indicates a placeholder for an identifier, an expression, a string, a symbol, or a value, for example, <mkl directory>. Substitute one of these items for the placeholder.

Square brackets indicate that the items enclosed in brackets are optional.

Braces indicate that only one of the items listed between braces should be selected. A vertical bar ( | ) separates the items.