isa-l/README.md

Intel(R) Intelligent Storage Acceleration Library
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ISA-L is a collection of optimized low-level functions targeting storage
applications.  ISA-L includes:
* Erasure codes - Fast block Reed-Solomon type erasure codes for any
  encode/decode matrix in GF(2^8).
* CRC - Fast implementations of cyclic redundancy check.  Six different
  polynomials supported.
  - iscsi32, ieee32, t10dif, ecma64, iso64, jones64, rocksoft64.
* Raid - calculate and operate on XOR and P+Q parity found in common RAID
  implementations.
* Compression - Fast deflate-compatible data compression.
* De-compression - Fast inflate-compatible data compression.
* igzip - A command line application like gzip, accelerated with ISA-L.

Also see:
* [ISA-L for updates](https://github.com/intel/isa-l).
* For crypto functions see [isa-l_crypto on github](https://github.com/intel/isa-l_crypto).
* The [github wiki](https://github.com/intel/isa-l/wiki) including a list of
  [distros/ports](https://github.com/intel/isa-l/wiki/Ports--Repos) offering binary packages
  as well as a list of [language bindings](https://github.com/intel/isa-l/wiki/Language-Bindings).
* [Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md).
* [Security Policy](SECURITY.md).
* Docs on [units](doc/functions.md), [tests](doc/test.md), or [build details](doc/build.md).

Building ISA-L
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### Prerequisites

* Make: GNU 'make' or 'nmake' (Windows).
* Optional: Building with autotools requires autoconf/automake packages.
* Optional: Manual generation requires help2man package.

x86_64:
* Assembler: nasm. Version 2.15 or later suggested (other versions of nasm and
  yasm may build but with limited function [support](doc/build.md)).
* Compiler: gcc, clang, icc or VC compiler.

aarch64:
* Assembler: gas v2.24 or later.
* Compiler: gcc v4.7 or later.

other:
* Compiler: Portable base functions are available that build with most C compilers.

### Autotools
To build and install the library with autotools it is usually sufficient to run:

    ./autogen.sh
    ./configure
    make
    sudo make install

### Makefile
To use a standard makefile run:

    make -f Makefile.unx

### Windows
On Windows use nmake to build dll and static lib:

    nmake -f Makefile.nmake

or see [details on setting up environment here](doc/build.md).

### Other make targets
Other targets include:
* `make check` : create and run tests
* `make tests` : create additional unit tests
* `make perfs` : create included performance tests
* `make ex`    : build examples
* `make other` : build other utilities such as compression file tests
* `make doc`   : build API manual