Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Add armv8 kernels to all pair-counters
Describe the solution you'd like
While Corrfunc now compiles and runs on arm64, at runtime only the fallback kernels are available. Ideally, we should have armv8 kernels to all pair-counters
Describe alternatives you've considered
N/A
Additional context
Based on my initial implementation, the armv8 kernels speed up the computations significantly on my M2, compared to the fallback kernels. However, that work stalled because there was no CI to test any implementation regularly and I didn't want to keep working on it without a working CI. Now, it looks like that the arm64 runners are available with macos-latest - so the CI should be able to handle testing the code.
But this also means that we need to add an additional CI OS to check for Intel macos
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Add
armv8kernels to all pair-countersDescribe the solution you'd like While Corrfunc now compiles and runs on
arm64, at runtime only thefallbackkernels are available. Ideally, we should havearmv8kernels to all pair-countersDescribe alternatives you've considered N/A
Additional context Based on my initial implementation, the
armv8kernels speed up the computations significantly on my M2, compared to thefallbackkernels. However, that work stalled because there was no CI to test any implementation regularly and I didn't want to keep working on it without a working CI. Now, it looks like that thearm64runners are available withmacos-latest- so the CI should be able to handle testing the code.But this also means that we need to add an additional CI OS to check for Intel
macos