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diff --git a/numpy/distutils/command/build.py b/numpy/distutils/command/build.py
index 60ba4c917..a4fda537d 100644
--- a/numpy/distutils/command/build.py
+++ b/numpy/distutils/command/build.py
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ class build(old_build):
"specify a list of dispatched CPU optimizations"),
('disable-optimization', None,
"disable CPU optimized code(dispatch,simd,fast...)"),
+ ('simd-test=', None,
+ "specify a list of CPU optimizations to be tested against NumPy SIMD interface"),
]
help_options = old_build.help_options + [
@@ -36,6 +38,16 @@ class build(old_build):
self.cpu_baseline = "min"
self.cpu_dispatch = "max -xop -fma4" # drop AMD legacy features by default
self.disable_optimization = False
+ """
+ the '_simd' module is a very large. Adding more dispatched features
+ will increase binary size and compile time. By default we minimize
+ the targeted features to those most commonly used by the NumPy SIMD interface(NPYV),
+ NOTE: any specified features will be ignored if they're:
+ - part of the baseline(--cpu-baseline)
+ - not part of dispatch-able features(--cpu-dispatch)
+ - not supported by compiler or platform
+ """
+ self.simd_test = "BASELINE SSE2 SSE42 XOP FMA4 (FMA3 AVX2) AVX512F AVX512_SKX VSX VSX2 VSX3 NEON ASIMD"
def finalize_options(self):
build_scripts = self.build_scripts