diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a0e1e35..00000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-language: cpp
-
-cache:
-  directories:
-    - clang
-
-matrix:
-  include:
-    - os:        osx
-      osx_image: xcode8.3
-      compiler: clang
-      
-before_install:
-    - export GRIDDIR=`pwd`
-    - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]] && [[ "$CC" == "clang" ]] && [ ! -e clang/bin ]; then wget $CLANG_LINK; tar -xf `basename $CLANG_LINK`; mkdir clang; mv clang+*/* clang/; fi
-    - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]] && [[ "$CC" == "clang" ]]; then export PATH="${GRIDDIR}/clang/bin:${PATH}"; fi
-    - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]] && [[ "$CC" == "clang" ]]; then export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${GRIDDIR}/clang/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"; fi
-    - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then brew update; fi
-    - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then brew install libmpc openssl; fi
-    
-install:
-    - export CWD=`pwd`
-    - echo $CWD
-    - export CC=$CC$VERSION
-    - export CXX=$CXX$VERSION
-    - echo $PATH
-    - which autoconf
-    - autoconf  --version
-    - which automake
-    - automake  --version
-    - which $CC
-    - $CC  --version
-    - which $CXX
-    - $CXX --version
-    - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then export LDFLAGS='-L/usr/local/lib'; fi
-    - if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "osx" ]]; then export EXTRACONF='--with-openssl=/usr/local/opt/openssl'; fi
-    
-script:
-    - ./bootstrap.sh
-    - mkdir build
-    - cd build
-    - mkdir lime
-    - cd lime
-    - mkdir build
-    - cd build
-    - wget http://usqcd-software.github.io/downloads/c-lime/lime-1.3.2.tar.gz
-    - tar xf lime-1.3.2.tar.gz
-    - cd lime-1.3.2
-    - ./configure --prefix=$CWD/build/lime/install
-    - make -j4
-    - make install
-    - cd $CWD/build
-    - ../configure --enable-simd=SSE4 --enable-comms=none --with-lime=$CWD/build/lime/install ${EXTRACONF}
-    - make -j4 
-    - ./benchmarks/Benchmark_dwf --threads 1 --debug-signals
-    - make check
diff --git a/Grid/communicator/SharedMemoryMPI.cc b/Grid/communicator/SharedMemoryMPI.cc
index 466f6a1e..11788744 100644
--- a/Grid/communicator/SharedMemoryMPI.cc
+++ b/Grid/communicator/SharedMemoryMPI.cc
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ Author: Christoph Lehner <christoph@lhnr.de>
 #endif
 #ifdef GRID_HIP
 #include <hip/hip_runtime_api.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef GRID_SYCl
+
 #endif
 
 NAMESPACE_BEGIN(Grid); 
@@ -70,6 +73,7 @@ void GlobalSharedMemory::Init(Grid_MPI_Comm comm)
   WorldNodes = WorldSize/WorldShmSize;
   assert( (WorldNodes * WorldShmSize) == WorldSize );
 
+
   // FIXME: Check all WorldShmSize are the same ?
 
   /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -446,7 +450,47 @@ void GlobalSharedMemory::SharedMemoryAllocate(uint64_t bytes, int flags)
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Hugetlbfs mapping intended
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-#if defined(GRID_CUDA) ||defined(GRID_HIP)
+#if defined(GRID_CUDA) ||defined(GRID_HIP)  || defined(GRID_SYCL)
+
+//if defined(GRID_SYCL)
+#if 0
+void GlobalSharedMemory::SharedMemoryAllocate(uint64_t bytes, int flags)
+{
+  void * ShmCommBuf ; 
+  assert(_ShmSetup==1);
+  assert(_ShmAlloc==0);
+
+  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  // allocate the pointer array for shared windows for our group
+  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  MPI_Barrier(WorldShmComm);
+  WorldShmCommBufs.resize(WorldShmSize);
+
+  ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  // Each MPI rank should allocate our own buffer
+  ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  ShmCommBuf = acceleratorAllocDevice(bytes);
+
+  if (ShmCommBuf == (void *)NULL ) {
+    std::cerr << " SharedMemoryMPI.cc acceleratorAllocDevice failed NULL pointer for " << bytes<<" bytes " << std::endl;
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);  
+  }
+
+  std::cout << WorldRank << header " SharedMemoryMPI.cc acceleratorAllocDevice "<< bytes 
+	    << "bytes at "<< std::hex<< ShmCommBuf <<std::dec<<" for comms buffers " <<std::endl;
+
+  SharedMemoryZero(ShmCommBuf,bytes);
+
+  assert(WorldShmSize == 1);
+  for(int r=0;r<WorldShmSize;r++){
+    WorldShmCommBufs[r] = ShmCommBuf;
+  }
+  _ShmAllocBytes=bytes;
+  _ShmAlloc=1;
+}
+#endif
+
+#if defined(GRID_CUDA) ||defined(GRID_HIP) ||defined(GRID_SYCL)  
 void GlobalSharedMemory::SharedMemoryAllocate(uint64_t bytes, int flags)
 {
   void * ShmCommBuf ; 
@@ -469,8 +513,16 @@ void GlobalSharedMemory::SharedMemoryAllocate(uint64_t bytes, int flags)
   ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   // Each MPI rank should allocate our own buffer
   ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+#ifdef GRID_SYCL_LEVEL_ZERO_IPC
+  auto zeDevice = cl::sycl::get_native<cl::sycl::backend::level_zero>(theGridAccelerator->get_device());
+  auto zeContext= cl::sycl::get_native<cl::sycl::backend::level_zero>(theGridAccelerator->get_context());
+  ze_device_mem_alloc_desc_t zeDesc = {};
+  zeMemAllocDevice(zeContext,&zeDesc,bytes,2*1024*1024,zeDevice,&ShmCommBuf);
+  std::cout << WorldRank << header " SharedMemoryMPI.cc zeMemAllocDevice "<< bytes 
+	      << "bytes at "<< std::hex<< ShmCommBuf <<std::dec<<" for comms buffers " <<std::endl;
+#else  
   ShmCommBuf = acceleratorAllocDevice(bytes);
-
+#endif  
   if (ShmCommBuf == (void *)NULL ) {
     std::cerr << " SharedMemoryMPI.cc acceleratorAllocDevice failed NULL pointer for " << bytes<<" bytes " << std::endl;
     exit(EXIT_FAILURE);  
@@ -480,8 +532,8 @@ void GlobalSharedMemory::SharedMemoryAllocate(uint64_t bytes, int flags)
     std::cout << WorldRank << header " SharedMemoryMPI.cc acceleratorAllocDevice "<< bytes 
 	      << "bytes at "<< std::hex<< ShmCommBuf <<std::dec<<" for comms buffers " <<std::endl;
   }
-  SharedMemoryZero(ShmCommBuf,bytes);
-
+  //  SharedMemoryZero(ShmCommBuf,bytes);
+  std::cout<< "Setting up IPC"<<std::endl;
   ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   // Loop over ranks/gpu's on our node
   ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -491,6 +543,23 @@ void GlobalSharedMemory::SharedMemoryAllocate(uint64_t bytes, int flags)
     //////////////////////////////////////////////////
     // If it is me, pass around the IPC access key
     //////////////////////////////////////////////////
+#ifdef GRID_SYCL_LEVEL_ZERO_IPC
+    ze_ipc_mem_handle_t handle;
+    if ( r==WorldShmRank ) { 
+      auto err = zeMemGetIpcHandle(zeContext,ShmCommBuf,&handle);
+      if ( err != ZE_RESULT_SUCCESS ) {
+	std::cerr << "SharedMemoryMPI.cc zeMemGetIpcHandle failed for rank "<<r<<" "<<std::hex<<err<<std::dec<<std::endl;
+	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+      } else {
+	std::cerr << "SharedMemoryMPI.cc zeMemGetIpcHandle succeeded for rank "<<r<<" "<<std::hex<<err<<std::dec<<std::endl;
+      }
+      std::cerr<<"Allocated IpcHandle rank "<<r<<" (hex) ";
+      for(int c=0;c<ZE_MAX_IPC_HANDLE_SIZE;c++){
+	std::cerr<<std::hex<<(uint32_t)((uint8_t)handle.data[c])<<std::dec;
+      }
+      std::cerr<<std::endl;
+    }
+#endif
 #ifdef GRID_CUDA
     cudaIpcMemHandle_t handle;
     if ( r==WorldShmRank ) { 
@@ -527,6 +596,25 @@ void GlobalSharedMemory::SharedMemoryAllocate(uint64_t bytes, int flags)
     // If I am not the source, overwrite thisBuf with remote buffer
     ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     void * thisBuf = ShmCommBuf;
+#ifdef GRID_SYCL_LEVEL_ZERO_IPC
+    if ( r!=WorldShmRank ) {
+      thisBuf = nullptr;
+      std::cerr<<"Using IpcHandle rank "<<r<<" ";
+      for(int c=0;c<ZE_MAX_IPC_HANDLE_SIZE;c++){
+	std::cerr<<std::hex<<(uint32_t)((uint8_t)handle.data[c])<<std::dec;
+      }
+      std::cerr<<std::endl;
+      auto err = zeMemOpenIpcHandle(zeContext,zeDevice,handle,0,&thisBuf);
+      if ( err != ZE_RESULT_SUCCESS ) {
+	std::cerr << "SharedMemoryMPI.cc "<<zeContext<<" "<<zeDevice<<std::endl;
+	std::cerr << "SharedMemoryMPI.cc zeMemOpenIpcHandle failed for rank "<<r<<" "<<std::hex<<err<<std::dec<<std::endl; 
+	exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+      } else {
+	std::cerr << "SharedMemoryMPI.cc zeMemOpenIpcHandle succeeded for rank "<<r<<" "<<std::hex<<err<<std::dec<<std::endl;
+      }
+      assert(thisBuf!=nullptr);
+    }
+#endif
 #ifdef GRID_CUDA
     if ( r!=WorldShmRank ) { 
       auto err = cudaIpcOpenMemHandle(&thisBuf,handle,cudaIpcMemLazyEnablePeerAccess);
@@ -557,6 +645,8 @@ void GlobalSharedMemory::SharedMemoryAllocate(uint64_t bytes, int flags)
   _ShmAllocBytes=bytes;
   _ShmAlloc=1;
 }
+#endif
+
 #else 
 #ifdef GRID_MPI3_SHMMMAP
 void GlobalSharedMemory::SharedMemoryAllocate(uint64_t bytes, int flags)
@@ -727,16 +817,16 @@ void GlobalSharedMemory::SharedMemoryAllocate(uint64_t bytes, int flags)
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 void GlobalSharedMemory::SharedMemoryZero(void *dest,size_t bytes)
 {
-#ifdef GRID_CUDA
-  cudaMemset(dest,0,bytes);
+#if defined(GRID_CUDA) || defined(GRID_HIP) || defined(GRID_SYCL)
+  acceleratorMemSet(dest,0,bytes);
 #else
   bzero(dest,bytes);
 #endif
 }
 void GlobalSharedMemory::SharedMemoryCopy(void *dest,void *src,size_t bytes)
 {
-#ifdef GRID_CUDA
-  cudaMemcpy(dest,src,bytes,cudaMemcpyDefault);
+#if defined(GRID_CUDA) || defined(GRID_HIP) || defined(GRID_SYCL)
+  acceleratorCopyToDevice(src,dest,bytes);
 #else   
   bcopy(src,dest,bytes);
 #endif
@@ -800,7 +890,7 @@ void SharedMemory::SetCommunicator(Grid_MPI_Comm comm)
   }
 #endif
 
-  SharedMemoryTest();
+  //SharedMemoryTest();
 }
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // On node barrier
diff --git a/Grid/parallelIO/NerscIO.h b/Grid/parallelIO/NerscIO.h
index ed86303a..88278131 100644
--- a/Grid/parallelIO/NerscIO.h
+++ b/Grid/parallelIO/NerscIO.h
@@ -207,11 +207,20 @@ public:
     std::cout<<GridLogMessage <<"NERSC Configuration "<<file<< " and plaquette, link trace, and checksum agree"<<std::endl;
   }
 
+  // Preferred interface
+  template<class GaugeStats=PeriodicGaugeStatistics>
+  static inline void writeConfiguration(Lattice<vLorentzColourMatrixD > &Umu,
+					std::string file, 
+					std::string ens_label = std::string("DWF"))
+  {
+    writeConfiguration(Umu,file,0,1,ens_label);
+  }
   template<class GaugeStats=PeriodicGaugeStatistics>
   static inline void writeConfiguration(Lattice<vLorentzColourMatrixD > &Umu,
 					std::string file, 
 					int two_row,
-					int bits32)
+					int bits32,
+					std::string ens_label = std::string("DWF"))
   {
     typedef vLorentzColourMatrixD vobj;
     typedef typename vobj::scalar_object sobj;
@@ -221,8 +230,8 @@ public:
     // Following should become arguments
     ///////////////////////////////////////////
     header.sequence_number = 1;
-    header.ensemble_id     = "UKQCD";
-    header.ensemble_label  = "DWF";
+    header.ensemble_id     = std::string("UKQCD");
+    header.ensemble_label  = ens_label;
 
     typedef LorentzColourMatrixD fobj3D;
     typedef LorentzColour2x3D    fobj2D;
@@ -234,7 +243,7 @@ public:
     GaugeStats Stats; Stats(Umu,header);
     MachineCharacteristics(header);
 
-	uint64_t offset;
+    uint64_t offset;
 
     // Sod it -- always write 3x3 double
     header.floating_point = std::string("IEEE64BIG");
diff --git a/Grid/qcd/action/fermion/Fermion.h b/Grid/qcd/action/fermion/Fermion.h
index 16252340..09777204 100644
--- a/Grid/qcd/action/fermion/Fermion.h
+++ b/Grid/qcd/action/fermion/Fermion.h
@@ -291,12 +291,6 @@ typedef ImprovedStaggeredFermion5D<StaggeredImplR> ImprovedStaggeredFermion5DR;
 typedef ImprovedStaggeredFermion5D<StaggeredImplF> ImprovedStaggeredFermion5DF;
 typedef ImprovedStaggeredFermion5D<StaggeredImplD> ImprovedStaggeredFermion5DD;
 
-#ifndef GRID_CUDA
-typedef ImprovedStaggeredFermion5D<StaggeredVec5dImplR> ImprovedStaggeredFermionVec5dR;
-typedef ImprovedStaggeredFermion5D<StaggeredVec5dImplF> ImprovedStaggeredFermionVec5dF;
-typedef ImprovedStaggeredFermion5D<StaggeredVec5dImplD> ImprovedStaggeredFermionVec5dD;
-#endif
-
 NAMESPACE_END(Grid);
 
 ////////////////////
diff --git a/Grid/qcd/action/fermion/FermionOperatorImpl.h b/Grid/qcd/action/fermion/FermionOperatorImpl.h
index 9345c0e6..56aaca12 100644
--- a/Grid/qcd/action/fermion/FermionOperatorImpl.h
+++ b/Grid/qcd/action/fermion/FermionOperatorImpl.h
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ NAMESPACE_CHECK(ImplStaggered);
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // Single flavour one component spinors with colour index. 5d vec
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-#include <Grid/qcd/action/fermion/StaggeredVec5dImpl.h> 
-NAMESPACE_CHECK(ImplStaggered5dVec);  
+// Deprecate Vec5d
+//#include <Grid/qcd/action/fermion/StaggeredVec5dImpl.h> 
+//NAMESPACE_CHECK(ImplStaggered5dVec);  
 
 
diff --git a/Grid/qcd/action/fermion/implementation/StaggeredKernelsAsm.h b/Grid/qcd/action/fermion/implementation/StaggeredKernelsAsm.h
index 63fd2a2f..e9cacbcf 100644
--- a/Grid/qcd/action/fermion/implementation/StaggeredKernelsAsm.h
+++ b/Grid/qcd/action/fermion/implementation/StaggeredKernelsAsm.h
@@ -680,7 +680,8 @@ void StaggeredKernels<Impl>::DhopSiteAsm(StencilView &st,
   gauge2 =(uint64_t)&UU[sU]( Z );				\
   gauge3 =(uint64_t)&UU[sU]( T ); 
   
-
+#undef STAG_VEC5D
+#ifdef STAG_VEC5D
   // This is the single precision 5th direction vectorised kernel
 #include <Grid/simd/Intel512single.h>
 template <> void StaggeredKernels<StaggeredVec5dImplF>::DhopSiteAsm(StencilView &st,
@@ -790,7 +791,7 @@ template <> void StaggeredKernels<StaggeredVec5dImplD>::DhopSiteAsm(StencilView
 #endif
 }
    
-   
+#endif   
 
 
 #define PERMUTE_DIR3 __asm__ (	\
diff --git a/Grid/qcd/action/fermion/implementation/StaggeredKernelsHand.h b/Grid/qcd/action/fermion/implementation/StaggeredKernelsHand.h
index 6bcb22b4..2b6087bc 100644
--- a/Grid/qcd/action/fermion/implementation/StaggeredKernelsHand.h
+++ b/Grid/qcd/action/fermion/implementation/StaggeredKernelsHand.h
@@ -32,25 +32,50 @@ Author: paboyle <paboyle@ph.ed.ac.uk>
 
 NAMESPACE_BEGIN(Grid);
 
-#define LOAD_CHI(b)		\
+#ifdef GRID_SIMT
+
+#define LOAD_CHI(ptype,b)			\
+  const SiteSpinor & ref (b[offset]);				\
+  Chi_0=coalescedReadPermute<ptype>(ref()()(0),perm,lane);	\
+  Chi_1=coalescedReadPermute<ptype>(ref()()(1),perm,lane);	\
+  Chi_2=coalescedReadPermute<ptype>(ref()()(2),perm,lane);
+
+#define LOAD_CHI_COMMS(b)		\
   const SiteSpinor & ref (b[offset]);	\
-    Chi_0=ref()()(0);\
-    Chi_1=ref()()(1);\
-    Chi_2=ref()()(2);
+  Chi_0=coalescedRead(ref()()(0),lane);	\
+  Chi_1=coalescedRead(ref()()(1),lane);	\
+  Chi_2=coalescedRead(ref()()(2),lane);
+
+#define PERMUTE_DIR(dir)	;
+#else
+#define LOAD_CHI(ptype,b)      LOAD_CHI_COMMS(b)
+
+#define LOAD_CHI_COMMS(b)		\
+  const SiteSpinor & ref (b[offset]);	\
+  Chi_0=ref()()(0);			\
+  Chi_1=ref()()(1);			\
+  Chi_2=ref()()(2);
+
+#define PERMUTE_DIR(dir)			\
+  permute##dir(Chi_0,Chi_0);			\
+  permute##dir(Chi_1,Chi_1);			\
+  permute##dir(Chi_2,Chi_2);
+
+#endif
 
 
 // To splat or not to splat depends on the implementation
 #define MULT(A,UChi)				\
   auto & ref(U[sU](A));			\
-   Impl::loadLinkElement(U_00,ref()(0,0));      \
-   Impl::loadLinkElement(U_10,ref()(1,0));      \
-   Impl::loadLinkElement(U_20,ref()(2,0));      \
-   Impl::loadLinkElement(U_01,ref()(0,1));      \
-   Impl::loadLinkElement(U_11,ref()(1,1));      \
-   Impl::loadLinkElement(U_21,ref()(2,1));      \
-   Impl::loadLinkElement(U_02,ref()(0,2));     \
-   Impl::loadLinkElement(U_12,ref()(1,2));     \
-   Impl::loadLinkElement(U_22,ref()(2,2));     \
+    U_00=coalescedRead(ref()(0,0),lane);				\
+    U_10=coalescedRead(ref()(1,0),lane);				\
+    U_20=coalescedRead(ref()(2,0),lane);				\
+    U_01=coalescedRead(ref()(0,1),lane);				\
+    U_11=coalescedRead(ref()(1,1),lane);				\
+    U_21=coalescedRead(ref()(2,1),lane);				\
+    U_02=coalescedRead(ref()(0,2),lane);				\
+    U_12=coalescedRead(ref()(1,2),lane);				\
+    U_22=coalescedRead(ref()(2,2),lane);				\
     UChi ## _0  = U_00*Chi_0;	       \
     UChi ## _1  = U_10*Chi_0;\
     UChi ## _2  = U_20*Chi_0;\
@@ -63,15 +88,15 @@ NAMESPACE_BEGIN(Grid);
 
 #define MULT_ADD(U,A,UChi)			\
   auto & ref(U[sU](A));			\
-   Impl::loadLinkElement(U_00,ref()(0,0));      \
-   Impl::loadLinkElement(U_10,ref()(1,0));      \
-   Impl::loadLinkElement(U_20,ref()(2,0));      \
-   Impl::loadLinkElement(U_01,ref()(0,1));      \
-   Impl::loadLinkElement(U_11,ref()(1,1));      \
-   Impl::loadLinkElement(U_21,ref()(2,1));      \
-   Impl::loadLinkElement(U_02,ref()(0,2));     \
-   Impl::loadLinkElement(U_12,ref()(1,2));     \
-   Impl::loadLinkElement(U_22,ref()(2,2));     \
+    U_00=coalescedRead(ref()(0,0),lane);				\
+    U_10=coalescedRead(ref()(1,0),lane);				\
+    U_20=coalescedRead(ref()(2,0),lane);				\
+    U_01=coalescedRead(ref()(0,1),lane);				\
+    U_11=coalescedRead(ref()(1,1),lane);				\
+    U_21=coalescedRead(ref()(2,1),lane);				\
+    U_02=coalescedRead(ref()(0,2),lane);				\
+    U_12=coalescedRead(ref()(1,2),lane);				\
+    U_22=coalescedRead(ref()(2,2),lane);				\
     UChi ## _0 += U_00*Chi_0;	       \
     UChi ## _1 += U_10*Chi_0;\
     UChi ## _2 += U_20*Chi_0;\
@@ -83,24 +108,18 @@ NAMESPACE_BEGIN(Grid);
     UChi ## _2 += U_22*Chi_2;
 
 
-#define PERMUTE_DIR(dir)			\
-  permute##dir(Chi_0,Chi_0);			\
-  permute##dir(Chi_1,Chi_1);			\
-  permute##dir(Chi_2,Chi_2);
-
-
 #define HAND_STENCIL_LEG_BASE(Dir,Perm,skew)	\
   SE=st.GetEntry(ptype,Dir+skew,sF);	\
   offset = SE->_offset;			\
   local  = SE->_is_local;		\
   perm   = SE->_permute;		\
   if ( local ) {						\
-    LOAD_CHI(in);					\
+    LOAD_CHI(Perm,in);						\
     if ( perm) {						\
       PERMUTE_DIR(Perm);					\
     }								\
   } else {							\
-    LOAD_CHI(buf);						\
+    LOAD_CHI_COMMS(buf);					\
   }								
 
 #define HAND_STENCIL_LEG_BEGIN(Dir,Perm,skew,even)		\
@@ -116,19 +135,18 @@ NAMESPACE_BEGIN(Grid);
   }
 
 
-
 #define HAND_STENCIL_LEG_INT(U,Dir,Perm,skew,even)	\
   SE=st.GetEntry(ptype,Dir+skew,sF);			\
   offset = SE->_offset;					\
   local  = SE->_is_local;				\
   perm   = SE->_permute;				\
   if ( local ) {					\
-    LOAD_CHI(in);				\
+    LOAD_CHI(Perm,in);					\
     if ( perm) {					\
       PERMUTE_DIR(Perm);				\
     }							\
   } else if ( st.same_node[Dir] ) {			\
-    LOAD_CHI(buf);					\
+    LOAD_CHI_COMMS(buf);				\
   }							\
   if (local || st.same_node[Dir] ) {		\
     MULT_ADD(U,Dir,even);				\
@@ -140,10 +158,32 @@ NAMESPACE_BEGIN(Grid);
   local  = SE->_is_local;				\
   if ((!local) && (!st.same_node[Dir]) ) {		\
     nmu++;							\
-    { LOAD_CHI(buf);	  }					\
+    { LOAD_CHI_COMMS(buf);	  }				\
     { MULT_ADD(U,Dir,even); }					\
   }								
 
+#define HAND_DECLARATIONS(Simd) \
+  Simd even_0;			\
+  Simd even_1;			\
+  Simd even_2;			\
+  Simd odd_0;			\
+  Simd odd_1;			\
+  Simd odd_2;		        \
+		      		\
+  Simd Chi_0;			\
+  Simd Chi_1;			\
+  Simd Chi_2;			\
+				\
+  Simd U_00;			\
+  Simd U_10;			\
+  Simd U_20;			\
+  Simd U_01;			\
+  Simd U_11;			\
+  Simd U_21;			\
+  Simd U_02;			\
+  Simd U_12;			\
+  Simd U_22;			
+  
 
 template <class Impl>
 template <int Naik> accelerator_inline
@@ -155,28 +195,14 @@ void StaggeredKernels<Impl>::DhopSiteHand(StencilView &st,
   typedef typename Simd::scalar_type S;
   typedef typename Simd::vector_type V;
 
-  Simd even_0; // 12 regs on knc
-  Simd even_1;
-  Simd even_2;
-  Simd odd_0; // 12 regs on knc
-  Simd odd_1;
-  Simd odd_2;
 
-  Simd Chi_0;    // two spinor; 6 regs
-  Simd Chi_1;
-  Simd Chi_2;
-  
-  Simd U_00;  // two rows of U matrix
-  Simd U_10;
-  Simd U_20;  
-  Simd U_01;
-  Simd U_11;
-  Simd U_21;  // 2 reg left.
-  Simd U_02;
-  Simd U_12;
-  Simd U_22; 
+  const int Nsimd = SiteHalfSpinor::Nsimd();
+  const int lane=acceleratorSIMTlane(Nsimd);
+  typedef decltype( coalescedRead( in[0]()()(0) )) Simt;
+  HAND_DECLARATIONS(Simt);
 
-  SiteSpinor result;
+  typedef decltype( coalescedRead( in[0] )) calcSiteSpinor;
+  calcSiteSpinor result;
   int offset,local,perm, ptype;
 
   StencilEntry *SE;
@@ -215,7 +241,7 @@ void StaggeredKernels<Impl>::DhopSiteHand(StencilView &st,
       result()()(1) = even_1 + odd_1;
       result()()(2) = even_2 + odd_2;
     }
-    vstream(out[sF],result);
+    coalescedWrite(out[sF],result);
   }
 }
 
@@ -230,28 +256,13 @@ void StaggeredKernels<Impl>::DhopSiteHandInt(StencilView &st,
   typedef typename Simd::scalar_type S;
   typedef typename Simd::vector_type V;
 
-  Simd even_0; // 12 regs on knc
-  Simd even_1;
-  Simd even_2;
-  Simd odd_0; // 12 regs on knc
-  Simd odd_1;
-  Simd odd_2;
+  const int Nsimd = SiteHalfSpinor::Nsimd();
+  const int lane=acceleratorSIMTlane(Nsimd);
+  typedef decltype( coalescedRead( in[0]()()(0) )) Simt;
+  HAND_DECLARATIONS(Simt);
 
-  Simd Chi_0;    // two spinor; 6 regs
-  Simd Chi_1;
-  Simd Chi_2;
-  
-  Simd U_00;  // two rows of U matrix
-  Simd U_10;
-  Simd U_20;  
-  Simd U_01;
-  Simd U_11;
-  Simd U_21;  // 2 reg left.
-  Simd U_02;
-  Simd U_12;
-  Simd U_22; 
-
-  SiteSpinor result;
+  typedef decltype( coalescedRead( in[0] )) calcSiteSpinor;
+  calcSiteSpinor result;
   int offset, ptype, local, perm;
 
   StencilEntry *SE;
@@ -261,8 +272,8 @@ void StaggeredKernels<Impl>::DhopSiteHandInt(StencilView &st,
   //    int sF=s+LLs*sU;
   {
 
-    even_0 = Zero();    even_1 = Zero();    even_2 = Zero();
-     odd_0 = Zero();     odd_1 = Zero();     odd_2 = Zero();
+    zeroit(even_0);    zeroit(even_1);    zeroit(even_2);
+    zeroit(odd_0);    zeroit(odd_1);    zeroit(odd_2);
 
     skew = 0;
     HAND_STENCIL_LEG_INT(U,Xp,3,skew,even);  
@@ -294,7 +305,7 @@ void StaggeredKernels<Impl>::DhopSiteHandInt(StencilView &st,
       result()()(1) = even_1 + odd_1;
       result()()(2) = even_2 + odd_2;
     }
-    vstream(out[sF],result);
+    coalescedWrite(out[sF],result);
   }
 }
 
@@ -309,28 +320,13 @@ void StaggeredKernels<Impl>::DhopSiteHandExt(StencilView &st,
   typedef typename Simd::scalar_type S;
   typedef typename Simd::vector_type V;
 
-  Simd even_0; // 12 regs on knc
-  Simd even_1;
-  Simd even_2;
-  Simd odd_0; // 12 regs on knc
-  Simd odd_1;
-  Simd odd_2;
+  const int Nsimd = SiteHalfSpinor::Nsimd();
+  const int lane=acceleratorSIMTlane(Nsimd);
+  typedef decltype( coalescedRead( in[0]()()(0) )) Simt;
+  HAND_DECLARATIONS(Simt);
 
-  Simd Chi_0;    // two spinor; 6 regs
-  Simd Chi_1;
-  Simd Chi_2;
-  
-  Simd U_00;  // two rows of U matrix
-  Simd U_10;
-  Simd U_20;  
-  Simd U_01;
-  Simd U_11;
-  Simd U_21;  // 2 reg left.
-  Simd U_02;
-  Simd U_12;
-  Simd U_22; 
-
-  SiteSpinor result;
+  typedef decltype( coalescedRead( in[0] )) calcSiteSpinor;
+  calcSiteSpinor result;
   int offset, ptype, local;
 
   StencilEntry *SE;
@@ -340,8 +336,8 @@ void StaggeredKernels<Impl>::DhopSiteHandExt(StencilView &st,
   //    int sF=s+LLs*sU;
   {
 
-    even_0 = Zero();    even_1 = Zero();    even_2 = Zero();
-     odd_0 = Zero();     odd_1 = Zero();     odd_2 = Zero();
+    zeroit(even_0);    zeroit(even_1);    zeroit(even_2);
+    zeroit(odd_0);    zeroit(odd_1);    zeroit(odd_2);
     int nmu=0;
     skew = 0;
     HAND_STENCIL_LEG_EXT(U,Xp,3,skew,even);  
@@ -374,7 +370,7 @@ void StaggeredKernels<Impl>::DhopSiteHandExt(StencilView &st,
 	result()()(1) = even_1 + odd_1;
 	result()()(2) = even_2 + odd_2;
       }
-      out[sF] = out[sF] + result;
+      coalescedWrite(out[sF] , out(sF)+ result);
     }
   }
 }
@@ -397,6 +393,7 @@ void StaggeredKernels<Impl>::DhopSiteHandExt(StencilView &st,
 						     const FermionFieldView &in, FermionFieldView &out, int dag); \
 */
 #undef LOAD_CHI
+#undef HAND_DECLARATIONS
 
 NAMESPACE_END(Grid);
 
diff --git a/Grid/qcd/smearing/StoutSmearing.h b/Grid/qcd/smearing/StoutSmearing.h
index ed2ccdb6..6ee78e8c 100644
--- a/Grid/qcd/smearing/StoutSmearing.h
+++ b/Grid/qcd/smearing/StoutSmearing.h
@@ -85,21 +85,18 @@ public:
 
     std::cout << GridLogDebug << "Stout smearing started\n";
 
-    // Smear the configurations
+    // C contains the staples multiplied by some rho
+    u_smr = U ; // set the smeared field to the current gauge field
     SmearBase->smear(C, U);
 
     for (int mu = 0; mu < Nd; mu++) {
-      if( mu == OrthogDim )
-        tmp = 1.0;  // Don't smear in the orthogonal direction
-      else {
-        tmp = peekLorentz(C, mu);
-        Umu = peekLorentz(U, mu);
-        iq_mu = Ta(
-                   tmp *
-                   adj(Umu));  // iq_mu = Ta(Omega_mu) to match the signs with the paper
-        exponentiate_iQ(tmp, iq_mu);
-      }
-      pokeLorentz(u_smr, tmp * Umu, mu);  // u_smr = exp(iQ_mu)*U_mu
+      if( mu == OrthogDim ) continue ;
+      // u_smr = exp(iQ_mu)*U_mu apart from Orthogdim
+      Umu = peekLorentz(U, mu);
+      tmp = peekLorentz(C, mu);
+      iq_mu = Ta( tmp * adj(Umu));  
+      exponentiate_iQ(tmp, iq_mu);
+      pokeLorentz(u_smr, tmp * Umu, mu);
     }
     std::cout << GridLogDebug << "Stout smearing completed\n";
   };
diff --git a/Grid/tensors/Tensor_SIMT.h b/Grid/tensors/Tensor_SIMT.h
index 672f385f..0a7d3382 100644
--- a/Grid/tensors/Tensor_SIMT.h
+++ b/Grid/tensors/Tensor_SIMT.h
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ void coalescedWriteNonTemporal(vobj & __restrict__ vec,const vobj & __restrict__
 #else
 
 
-#ifndef GRID_SYCL
+//#ifndef GRID_SYCL
+#if 1
 // Use the scalar as our own complex on GPU ... thrust::complex or std::complex
 template<class vsimd,IfSimd<vsimd> = 0> accelerator_inline
 typename vsimd::scalar_type
diff --git a/Grid/tensors/Tensor_extract_merge.h b/Grid/tensors/Tensor_extract_merge.h
index a563eac7..ab14f81f 100644
--- a/Grid/tensors/Tensor_extract_merge.h
+++ b/Grid/tensors/Tensor_extract_merge.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*************************************************************************************
-
+n
     Grid physics library, www.github.com/paboyle/Grid 
 
     Source file: ./lib/tensors/Tensor_extract_merge.h
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ void insertLane(int lane, vobj & __restrict__ vec,const typename vobj::scalar_ob
 // Extract to a bunch of scalar object pointers of different scalar type, with offset. Useful for precision change
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 template<class vobj, class sobj> accelerator
-void extract(const vobj &vec,ExtractPointerArray<sobj> &extracted, int offset)
+void extract(const vobj &vec,const ExtractPointerArray<sobj> &extracted, int offset)
 {
   typedef typename GridTypeMapper<sobj>::scalar_type sobj_scalar_type;
   typedef typename GridTypeMapper<vobj>::scalar_type scalar_type;
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ void extract(const vobj &vec,ExtractPointerArray<sobj> &extracted, int offset)
 // Merge bunch of scalar object pointers of different scalar type, with offset. Useful for precision change
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 template<class vobj, class sobj> accelerator
-void merge(vobj &vec,ExtractPointerArray<sobj> &extracted, int offset)
+void merge(vobj &vec,const ExtractPointerArray<sobj> &extracted, int offset)
 {
   typedef typename GridTypeMapper<sobj>::scalar_type sobj_scalar_type;
   typedef typename GridTypeMapper<vobj>::scalar_type scalar_type;
diff --git a/Grid/threads/Accelerator.cc b/Grid/threads/Accelerator.cc
index 9d9d851c..9c40f538 100644
--- a/Grid/threads/Accelerator.cc
+++ b/Grid/threads/Accelerator.cc
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ void acceleratorInit(void)
 #ifdef GRID_SYCL
 
 cl::sycl::queue *theGridAccelerator;
-
 void acceleratorInit(void)
 {
   int nDevices = 1;
@@ -179,6 +178,10 @@ void acceleratorInit(void)
   cl::sycl::device selectedDevice { selector };
   theGridAccelerator = new sycl::queue (selectedDevice);
 
+#ifdef GRID_SYCL_LEVEL_ZERO_IPC
+  zeInit(0);
+#endif
+  
   char * localRankStr = NULL;
   int rank = 0, world_rank=0; 
 #define ENV_LOCAL_RANK_OMPI    "OMPI_COMM_WORLD_LOCAL_RANK"
diff --git a/Grid/threads/Accelerator.h b/Grid/threads/Accelerator.h
index 6f5b1066..52ac373a 100644
--- a/Grid/threads/Accelerator.h
+++ b/Grid/threads/Accelerator.h
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ Author: paboyle <paboyle@ph.ed.ac.uk>
 #ifdef HAVE_MM_MALLOC_H
 #include <mm_malloc.h>
 #endif
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+// no memalign
+inline void *memalign(size_t align, size_t bytes) { return malloc(bytes); }
+#endif
 
 NAMESPACE_BEGIN(Grid);
 
@@ -233,6 +237,13 @@ inline int  acceleratorIsCommunicable(void *ptr)
 NAMESPACE_END(Grid);
 #include <CL/sycl.hpp>
 #include <CL/sycl/usm.hpp>
+
+#define GRID_SYCL_LEVEL_ZERO_IPC
+
+#ifdef GRID_SYCL_LEVEL_ZERO_IPC
+#include <level_zero/ze_api.h>
+#include <CL/sycl/backend/level_zero.hpp>
+#endif
 NAMESPACE_BEGIN(Grid);
 
 extern cl::sycl::queue *theGridAccelerator;
@@ -257,11 +268,14 @@ accelerator_inline int acceleratorSIMTlane(int Nsimd) {
       unsigned long nt=acceleratorThreads();				\
       unsigned long unum1 = num1;					\
       unsigned long unum2 = num2;					\
+      if(nt < 8)nt=8;							\
       cl::sycl::range<3> local {nt,1,nsimd};				\
       cl::sycl::range<3> global{unum1,unum2,nsimd};			\
       cgh.parallel_for<class dslash>(					\
       cl::sycl::nd_range<3>(global,local), \
-      [=] (cl::sycl::nd_item<3> item) /*mutable*/ {   \
+      [=] (cl::sycl::nd_item<3> item) /*mutable*/     \
+      [[intel::reqd_sub_group_size(8)]]	      \
+      {						      \
       auto iter1    = item.get_global_id(0);	      \
       auto iter2    = item.get_global_id(1);	      \
       auto lane     = item.get_global_id(2);	      \
@@ -409,6 +423,8 @@ inline void acceleratorMemSet(void *base,int value,size_t bytes) { hipMemset(bas
 
 #undef GRID_SIMT
 
+
+
 #define accelerator 
 #define accelerator_inline strong_inline
 #define accelerator_for(iterator,num,nsimd, ... )   thread_for(iterator, num, { __VA_ARGS__ });
@@ -457,7 +473,7 @@ accelerator_inline void acceleratorSynchronise(void)
   __syncwarp();
 #endif
 #ifdef GRID_SYCL
-  cl::sycl::detail::workGroupBarrier();
+  //cl::sycl::detail::workGroupBarrier();
 #endif
 #ifdef GRID_HIP
   __syncthreads();
diff --git a/Grid/util/Init.cc b/Grid/util/Init.cc
index bfbc464d..ab2d2399 100644
--- a/Grid/util/Init.cc
+++ b/Grid/util/Init.cc
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ Author: paboyle <paboyle@ph.ed.ac.uk>
 static int
 feenableexcept (unsigned int excepts)
 {
+#if 0
+  // Fails on Apple M1
   static fenv_t fenv;
   unsigned int new_excepts = excepts & FE_ALL_EXCEPT;
   unsigned int old_excepts;  // previous masks
@@ -70,6 +72,8 @@ feenableexcept (unsigned int excepts)
 
   iold_excepts  = (int) old_excepts;
   return ( fesetenv (&fenv) ? -1 : iold_excepts );
+#endif
+  return 0;
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 33b25026..d2a1a326 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # additional include paths necessary to compile the C++ library
-SUBDIRS = Grid HMC benchmarks tests
+SUBDIRS = Grid HMC benchmarks tests examples
 
 include $(top_srcdir)/doxygen.inc
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fff68dc6..88b922a5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Grid [![Teamcity status](http://ci.cliath.ph.ed.ac.uk/app/rest/builds/aggregated/strob:(buildType:(affectedProject(id:GridBasedSoftware_Grid)),branch:name:develop)/statusIcon.svg)](http://ci.cliath.ph.ed.ac.uk/project.html?projectId=GridBasedSoftware_Grid&tab=projectOverview) [![Travis status](https://travis-ci.org/paboyle/Grid.svg?branch=develop)](https://travis-ci.org/paboyle/Grid)
+# Grid [![Teamcity status](http://ci.cliath.ph.ed.ac.uk/app/rest/builds/aggregated/strob:(buildType:(affectedProject(id:GridBasedSoftware_Grid)),branch:name:develop)/statusIcon.svg)](http://ci.cliath.ph.ed.ac.uk/project.html?projectId=GridBasedSoftware_Grid&tab=projectOverview) 
 
 **Data parallel C++ mathematical object library.**
 
diff --git a/benchmarks/Benchmark_ITT.cc b/benchmarks/Benchmark_ITT.cc
index 032535b3..81d1acd4 100644
--- a/benchmarks/Benchmark_ITT.cc
+++ b/benchmarks/Benchmark_ITT.cc
@@ -133,34 +133,30 @@ public:
 
 	std::vector<HalfSpinColourVectorD *> xbuf(8);
 	std::vector<HalfSpinColourVectorD *> rbuf(8);
-	Grid.ShmBufferFreeAll();
+	//Grid.ShmBufferFreeAll();
+	uint64_t bytes=lat*lat*lat*Ls*sizeof(HalfSpinColourVectorD);
 	for(int d=0;d<8;d++){
-	  xbuf[d] = (HalfSpinColourVectorD *)Grid.ShmBufferMalloc(lat*lat*lat*Ls*sizeof(HalfSpinColourVectorD));
-	  rbuf[d] = (HalfSpinColourVectorD *)Grid.ShmBufferMalloc(lat*lat*lat*Ls*sizeof(HalfSpinColourVectorD));
+	  xbuf[d] = (HalfSpinColourVectorD *)acceleratorAllocDevice(bytes);
+	  rbuf[d] = (HalfSpinColourVectorD *)acceleratorAllocDevice(bytes);
 	  //	  bzero((void *)xbuf[d],lat*lat*lat*Ls*sizeof(HalfSpinColourVectorD));
 	  //	  bzero((void *)rbuf[d],lat*lat*lat*Ls*sizeof(HalfSpinColourVectorD));
 	}
 
-	int bytes=lat*lat*lat*Ls*sizeof(HalfSpinColourVectorD);
 	int ncomm;
 	double dbytes;
-	std::vector<double> times(Nloop);
-	for(int i=0;i<Nloop;i++){
 
-	  double start=usecond();
+        for(int dir=0;dir<8;dir++) {
+	  int mu =dir % 4;
+	  if (mpi_layout[mu]>1 ) {
 
-	  dbytes=0;
-	  ncomm=0;
+	    std::vector<double> times(Nloop);
+	    for(int i=0;i<Nloop;i++){
 
-	  thread_for(dir,8,{
-		     
-	    double tbytes;
-	    int mu =dir % 4;
-
-	    if (mpi_layout[mu]>1 ) {
-	        
+	      dbytes=0;	        
+	      double start=usecond();
 	      int xmit_to_rank;
 	      int recv_from_rank;
+
 	      if ( dir == mu ) { 
 		int comm_proc=1;
 		Grid.ShiftedRanks(mu,comm_proc,xmit_to_rank,recv_from_rank);
@@ -168,40 +164,38 @@ public:
 		int comm_proc = mpi_layout[mu]-1;
 		Grid.ShiftedRanks(mu,comm_proc,xmit_to_rank,recv_from_rank);
 	      }
-	      tbytes= Grid.StencilSendToRecvFrom((void *)&xbuf[dir][0], xmit_to_rank,
-						 (void *)&rbuf[dir][0], recv_from_rank,
-						 bytes,dir);
-	      thread_critical {
-		ncomm++;
-		dbytes+=tbytes;
-	      }
+	      Grid.SendToRecvFrom((void *)&xbuf[dir][0], xmit_to_rank,
+				  (void *)&rbuf[dir][0], recv_from_rank,
+				  bytes);
+	      dbytes+=bytes;
+	     
+	      double stop=usecond();
+	      t_time[i] = stop-start; // microseconds
+
 	    }
-          });
-	  Grid.Barrier();
-	  double stop=usecond();
-	  t_time[i] = stop-start; // microseconds
+	    timestat.statistics(t_time);
+	  
+	    dbytes=dbytes*ppn;
+	    double xbytes    = dbytes*0.5;
+	    double bidibytes = dbytes;
+	  
+	    std::cout<<GridLogMessage << lat<<"\t"<<Ls<<"\t "
+		     << bytes << " \t "
+		     <<xbytes/timestat.mean<<" \t "<< xbytes*timestat.err/(timestat.mean*timestat.mean)<< " \t "
+		     <<xbytes/timestat.max <<" "<< xbytes/timestat.min  
+		     << "\t\t"<< bidibytes/timestat.mean<< "  " << bidibytes*timestat.err/(timestat.mean*timestat.mean) << " "
+		     << bidibytes/timestat.max << " " << bidibytes/timestat.min << std::endl;
+	  }
 	}
-
-	timestat.statistics(t_time);
-
-	dbytes=dbytes*ppn;
-	double xbytes    = dbytes*0.5;
-	//	double rbytes    = dbytes*0.5;
-	double bidibytes = dbytes;
-
-	std::cout<<GridLogMessage << lat<<"\t"<<Ls<<"\t "
-		 << bytes << " \t "
-		 <<xbytes/timestat.mean<<" \t "<< xbytes*timestat.err/(timestat.mean*timestat.mean)<< " \t "
-		 <<xbytes/timestat.max <<" "<< xbytes/timestat.min  
-		 << "\t\t"<< bidibytes/timestat.mean<< "  " << bidibytes*timestat.err/(timestat.mean*timestat.mean) << " "
-		 << bidibytes/timestat.max << " " << bidibytes/timestat.min << std::endl;
-	
-	    }
-    }    
-
+	for(int d=0;d<8;d++){
+	  acceleratorFreeDevice(xbuf[d]);
+	  acceleratorFreeDevice(rbuf[d]);
+	}
+      }
+    } 
     return;
   }
-
+  
 
   
   static void Memory(void)
@@ -281,7 +275,6 @@ public:
 
 
     uint64_t lmax=32;
-#define NLOOP (1000*lmax*lmax*lmax*lmax/lat/lat/lat/lat)
 
     GridSerialRNG          sRNG;      sRNG.SeedFixedIntegers(std::vector<int>({45,12,81,9}));
     for(int lat=8;lat<=lmax;lat+=8){
@@ -445,7 +438,7 @@ public:
 	// 1344= 3*(2*8+6)*2*8 + 8*3*2*2 + 3*4*2*8
 	// 1344 = Nc* (6+(Nc-1)*8)*2*Nd + Nd*Nc*2*2  + Nd*Nc*Ns*2
 	//	double flops=(1344.0*volume)/2;
-#if 1
+#if 0
 	double fps = Nc* (6+(Nc-1)*8)*Ns*Nd + Nd*Nc*Ns  + Nd*Nc*Ns*2;
 #else
 	double fps = Nc* (6+(Nc-1)*8)*Ns*Nd + 2*Nd*Nc*Ns  + 2*Nd*Nc*Ns*2;
@@ -716,12 +709,12 @@ int main (int argc, char ** argv)
 
   if ( do_su4 ) {
     std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "=================================================================================="<<std::endl;
-    std::cout<<GridLogMessage << " Memory benchmark " <<std::endl;
+    std::cout<<GridLogMessage << " SU(4) benchmark " <<std::endl;
     std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "=================================================================================="<<std::endl;
     Benchmark::SU4();
   }
   
-  if ( do_comms && (NN>1) ) {
+  if ( do_comms ) {
     std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "=================================================================================="<<std::endl;
     std::cout<<GridLogMessage << " Communications benchmark " <<std::endl;
     std::cout<<GridLogMessage << "=================================================================================="<<std::endl;
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4e5e33c8..721d890e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -815,6 +815,7 @@ AC_CONFIG_FILES(tests/smearing/Makefile)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(tests/qdpxx/Makefile)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(tests/testu01/Makefile)
 AC_CONFIG_FILES(benchmarks/Makefile)
+AC_CONFIG_FILES(examples/Makefile)
 AC_OUTPUT
 
 echo ""
diff --git a/examples/Example_Laplacian.cc b/examples/Example_Laplacian.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa8466cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/Example_Laplacian.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,396 @@
+#include <Grid/Grid.h>
+using namespace Grid;
+
+/*
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Grid/algorithms/SparseMatrix.h: Interface defining what I expect of a general sparse matrix, such as a Fermion action
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+template<class Field> class SparseMatrixBase {
+public:
+  virtual GridBase *Grid(void) =0;
+
+  virtual void  M    (const Field &in, Field &out)=0;
+  virtual void  Mdag (const Field &in, Field &out)=0;
+  virtual void  MdagM(const Field &in, Field &out) {
+    Field tmp (in.Grid());
+    M(in,tmp);
+    Mdag(tmp,out);
+  }
+  virtual  void Mdiag    (const Field &in, Field &out)=0;
+  virtual  void Mdir     (const Field &in, Field &out,int dir, int disp)=0;
+  virtual  void MdirAll  (const Field &in, std::vector<Field> &out)=0;
+};
+*/
+
+const std::vector<int> directions   ({Xdir,Ydir,Zdir,Xdir,Ydir,Zdir});
+const std::vector<int> displacements({1,1,1,-1,-1,-1});
+
+template<class Field> class FreeLaplacianCshift : public SparseMatrixBase<Field>
+{
+public:
+  GridBase *grid;
+  FreeLaplacianCshift(GridBase *_grid)
+  {
+    grid=_grid;
+  };
+  virtual GridBase *Grid(void) { return grid; };
+
+  virtual void  M    (const Field &in, Field &out)
+  {
+    out = Zero();
+    for(int mu=0;mu<Nd-1;mu++) {
+      out = out + Cshift(in,mu,1) + Cshift(in,mu,-1) - 2.0 * in;
+    }
+  };
+  virtual void  Mdag (const Field &in, Field &out) { M(in,out);}; // Laplacian is hermitian
+  virtual  void Mdiag    (const Field &in, Field &out)                  {assert(0);}; // Unimplemented need only for multigrid
+  virtual  void Mdir     (const Field &in, Field &out,int dir, int disp){assert(0);}; // Unimplemented need only for multigrid
+  virtual  void MdirAll  (const Field &in, std::vector<Field> &out)     {assert(0);}; // Unimplemented need only for multigrid
+};
+
+template<class Gimpl,class Field> class CovariantLaplacianCshift : public SparseMatrixBase<Field>
+{
+public:
+  INHERIT_GIMPL_TYPES(Gimpl);
+
+  GridBase *grid;
+  GaugeField U;
+  
+  CovariantLaplacianCshift(GaugeField &_U)    :
+    grid(_U.Grid()),
+    U(_U) {  };
+
+  virtual GridBase *Grid(void) { return grid; };
+
+  virtual void  M    (const Field &in, Field &out)
+  {
+    out=Zero();
+    for(int mu=0;mu<Nd-1;mu++) {
+      GaugeLinkField Umu = PeekIndex<LorentzIndex>(U, mu); // NB: Inefficent
+      out = out + Gimpl::CovShiftForward(Umu,mu,in);    
+      out = out + Gimpl::CovShiftBackward(Umu,mu,in);    
+      out = out - 2.0*in;
+    }
+  };
+  virtual void  Mdag (const Field &in, Field &out) { M(in,out);}; // Laplacian is hermitian
+  virtual  void Mdiag    (const Field &in, Field &out)                  {assert(0);}; // Unimplemented need only for multigrid
+  virtual  void Mdir     (const Field &in, Field &out,int dir, int disp){assert(0);}; // Unimplemented need only for multigrid
+  virtual  void MdirAll  (const Field &in, std::vector<Field> &out)     {assert(0);}; // Unimplemented need only for multigrid
+};
+
+
+#define LEG_LOAD(Dir)						 \
+  SE = st.GetEntry(ptype, Dir, ss);				 \
+  if (SE->_is_local ) {						 \
+    int perm= SE->_permute;					 \
+    chi = coalescedReadPermute(in[SE->_offset],ptype,perm,lane); \
+  } else {							 \
+    chi = coalescedRead(buf[SE->_offset],lane);			 \
+  }								 \
+  acceleratorSynchronise();
+
+template<class Field> class FreeLaplacianStencil : public SparseMatrixBase<Field>
+{
+public:
+  typedef typename Field::vector_object siteObject;
+  typedef CartesianStencil<siteObject, siteObject, int> StencilImpl;
+
+  GridBase *grid;
+  StencilImpl Stencil;
+  SimpleCompressor<siteObject> Compressor;
+  
+  FreeLaplacianStencil(GridBase *_grid)
+    : Stencil    (_grid,6,Even,directions,displacements,0), grid(_grid)
+  {  };
+  
+  virtual GridBase *Grid(void) { return grid; };
+
+  virtual void  M    (const Field &_in, Field &_out)
+  {
+
+    ///////////////////////////////////////////////
+    // Halo exchange for this geometry of stencil
+    ///////////////////////////////////////////////
+    Stencil.HaloExchange(_in, Compressor);
+
+    ///////////////////////////////////
+    // Arithmetic expressions
+    ///////////////////////////////////
+
+    // Views; device friendly/accessible pointers
+    auto st = Stencil.View(AcceleratorRead);
+    auto buf = st.CommBuf();
+    autoView( in     , _in    , AcceleratorRead);
+    autoView( out    , _out   , AcceleratorWrite);
+
+    typedef typename Field::vector_object        vobj;
+    typedef decltype(coalescedRead(in[0])) calcObj;
+
+    const int      Nsimd = vobj::Nsimd();
+    const uint64_t NN = grid->oSites();
+
+    accelerator_for( ss, NN, Nsimd, {
+
+	StencilEntry *SE;
+	
+	const int lane=acceleratorSIMTlane(Nsimd);
+
+	calcObj chi;
+	calcObj res;
+	int ptype;
+
+	res                 = coalescedRead(in[ss])*(-6.0);
+	LEG_LOAD(0);	res = res + chi;
+	LEG_LOAD(1);	res = res + chi;
+	LEG_LOAD(2);	res = res + chi;
+	LEG_LOAD(3);	res = res + chi;
+	LEG_LOAD(4);	res = res + chi;
+	LEG_LOAD(5);	res = res + chi;
+
+	coalescedWrite(out[ss], res,lane);
+	
+    });
+  };
+  virtual void  Mdag (const Field &in, Field &out) { M(in,out);}; // Laplacian is hermitian
+  virtual  void Mdiag    (const Field &in, Field &out)                  {assert(0);}; // Unimplemented need only for multigrid
+  virtual  void Mdir     (const Field &in, Field &out,int dir, int disp){assert(0);}; // Unimplemented need only for multigrid
+  virtual  void MdirAll  (const Field &in, std::vector<Field> &out)     {assert(0);}; // Unimplemented need only for multigrid
+};
+
+template<class Gimpl,class Field> class CovariantLaplacianStencil : public SparseMatrixBase<Field>
+{
+public:
+  INHERIT_GIMPL_TYPES(Gimpl);
+
+  typedef typename Field::vector_object siteObject;
+
+  template <typename vtype> using iImplDoubledGaugeField = iVector<iScalar<iMatrix<vtype, Nc> >, Nds>;
+  typedef iImplDoubledGaugeField<Simd> SiteDoubledGaugeField;
+  typedef Lattice<SiteDoubledGaugeField> DoubledGaugeField;
+
+  typedef CartesianStencil<siteObject, siteObject, int> StencilImpl;
+
+  GridBase *grid;
+  StencilImpl Stencil;
+  SimpleCompressor<siteObject> Compressor;
+  DoubledGaugeField Uds;
+  CovariantLaplacianStencil(GaugeField &Umu)
+    :
+      grid(Umu.Grid()),
+      Stencil    (grid,6,Even,directions,displacements,0),
+      Uds(grid)
+  {
+    for (int mu = 0; mu < Nd; mu++) {
+      auto U = PeekIndex<LorentzIndex>(Umu, mu);
+      PokeIndex<LorentzIndex>(Uds, U, mu );
+      U = adj(Cshift(U, mu, -1));
+      PokeIndex<LorentzIndex>(Uds, U, mu + 4);
+    }
+  };
+  
+  virtual GridBase *Grid(void) { return grid; };
+
+  virtual void  M    (const Field &_in, Field &_out)
+  {
+    ///////////////////////////////////////////////
+    // Halo exchange for this geometry of stencil
+    ///////////////////////////////////////////////
+    Stencil.HaloExchange(_in, Compressor);
+
+    ///////////////////////////////////
+    // Arithmetic expressions
+    ///////////////////////////////////
+    auto st = Stencil.View(AcceleratorRead);
+    auto buf = st.CommBuf();
+
+    autoView( in     , _in    , AcceleratorRead);
+    autoView( out    , _out   , AcceleratorWrite);
+    autoView( U     , Uds    , AcceleratorRead);
+
+    typedef typename Field::vector_object        vobj;
+    typedef decltype(coalescedRead(in[0]))    calcObj;
+    typedef decltype(coalescedRead(U[0](0))) calcLink;
+
+    const int      Nsimd = vobj::Nsimd();
+    const uint64_t NN = grid->oSites();
+
+    accelerator_for( ss, NN, Nsimd, {
+
+	StencilEntry *SE;
+	
+	const int lane=acceleratorSIMTlane(Nsimd);
+
+	calcObj chi;
+	calcObj res;
+	calcObj Uchi;
+	calcLink UU;
+	int ptype;
+
+	res                 = coalescedRead(in[ss])*(-6.0);
+
+#define LEG_LOAD_MULT(leg,polarisation)			\
+	UU = coalescedRead(U[ss](polarisation));	\
+	LEG_LOAD(leg);					\
+	mult(&Uchi(), &UU, &chi());			\
+	res = res + Uchi;
+	
+	LEG_LOAD_MULT(0,Xp);
+	LEG_LOAD_MULT(1,Yp);
+	LEG_LOAD_MULT(2,Zp);
+	LEG_LOAD_MULT(3,Xm);
+	LEG_LOAD_MULT(4,Ym);
+	LEG_LOAD_MULT(5,Zm);
+
+	coalescedWrite(out[ss], res,lane);
+    });
+  };
+  virtual void  Mdag (const Field &in, Field &out) { M(in,out);}; // Laplacian is hermitian
+  virtual  void Mdiag    (const Field &in, Field &out)                  {assert(0);}; // Unimplemented need only for multigrid
+  virtual  void Mdir     (const Field &in, Field &out,int dir, int disp){assert(0);}; // Unimplemented need only for multigrid
+  virtual  void MdirAll  (const Field &in, std::vector<Field> &out)     {assert(0);}; // Unimplemented need only for multigrid
+};
+
+#undef LEG_LOAD_MULT
+#undef LEG_LOAD
+	
+int main(int argc, char ** argv)
+{
+  Grid_init(&argc, &argv);
+
+  typedef LatticeColourVector Field;
+
+  auto latt_size   = GridDefaultLatt();
+  auto simd_layout = GridDefaultSimd(Nd,vComplex::Nsimd());
+  auto mpi_layout  = GridDefaultMpi();
+
+  GridCartesian    Grid(latt_size,simd_layout,mpi_layout);
+  GridParallelRNG  RNG(&Grid);  RNG.SeedFixedIntegers(std::vector<int>({45,12,81,9}));
+
+  FreeLaplacianCshift<Field>  FLcs(&Grid);
+  FreeLaplacianStencil<Field> FLst(&Grid);
+
+  LatticeGaugeField U(&Grid);
+
+  SU<Nc>::ColdConfiguration(RNG,U);
+
+  std::cout << " Gauge field has norm " <<norm2(U)<<std::endl;
+
+  CovariantLaplacianCshift <PeriodicGimplR,Field> CLcs(U);
+  CovariantLaplacianStencil<PeriodicGimplR,Field> CLst(U);
+
+  Field in(&Grid); gaussian(RNG,in);
+  Field out_FLcs(&Grid);
+  Field out_FLst(&Grid);
+  Field out_CLcs(&Grid);
+  Field out_CLst(&Grid);
+  Field diff(&Grid);
+
+  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  // First test: in free field these should all agree
+  ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  FLcs.M(in,out_FLcs);
+  FLst.M(in,out_FLst);
+  CLcs.M(in,out_CLcs);
+  CLst.M(in,out_CLst);
+
+  std:: cout << "******************************************************************" <<std::endl;
+  std:: cout << " Test A: consistency of four different Laplacian implementations " <<std::endl;
+  std:: cout << "******************************************************************" <<std::endl;
+  std:: cout << " Input test vector " <<norm2(in)<<std::endl;
+  std:: cout << "--------------------------------------------------------" <<std::endl;
+  std:: cout << " Free cshift  output vector " <<norm2(out_FLcs)<<std::endl;
+  std:: cout << " Free stencil output vector " <<norm2(out_FLst)<<std::endl;
+  std:: cout << " Cov  cshift  output vector " <<norm2(out_CLcs)<<std::endl;
+  std:: cout << " Cov  stencil output vector " <<norm2(out_CLst)<<std::endl;
+  std:: cout << "--------------------------------------------------------" <<std::endl;
+
+  diff = out_FLcs - out_FLst;
+  std:: cout << " Difference between free Cshift Laplacian and free Stencil Laplacian      = " <<norm2(diff)<<std::endl;
+
+  diff = out_FLcs - out_CLcs;
+  std:: cout << " Difference between free Cshift Laplacian and covariant Cshift Laplacian  = " <<norm2(diff)<<std::endl;
+
+  diff = out_FLcs - out_CLst;
+  std:: cout << " Difference between free Cshift Laplacian and covariant Stencil Laplacian = " <<norm2(diff)<<std::endl;
+  std:: cout << "--------------------------------------------------------" <<std::endl;
+  
+
+  std:: cout << "******************************************************************" <<std::endl;
+  std:: cout << " Test B: gauge covariance  " <<std::endl;
+  std:: cout << "******************************************************************" <<std::endl;
+
+  LatticeGaugeField     U_GT(&Grid); // Gauge transformed field
+  LatticeColourMatrix   g(&Grid);   // local Gauge xform matrix
+
+  U_GT = U;
+  // Make a random xform to teh gauge field
+  SU<Nc>::RandomGaugeTransform(RNG,U_GT,g); // Unit gauge
+
+  Field in_GT(&Grid); 
+  Field out_GT(&Grid);
+
+  Field out_CLcs_GT(&Grid);
+  Field out_CLst_GT(&Grid);
+
+  CovariantLaplacianCshift <PeriodicGimplR,Field> CLcs_GT(U_GT);
+  CovariantLaplacianStencil<PeriodicGimplR,Field> CLst_GT(U_GT);
+
+  in_GT  = g*in;
+  out_GT = g*out_FLcs;
+
+  // Check M^GT_xy in_GT = g(x) M_xy g^dag(y) g(y) in = g(x) out(x)
+  CLcs_GT.M(in_GT,out_CLcs_GT);
+  CLst_GT.M(in_GT,out_CLst_GT);
+
+  diff = out_CLcs_GT - out_GT;
+  std:: cout << " Difference between Gauge xformed result and covariant Cshift Laplacian in xformed gauge  = " <<norm2(diff)<<std::endl;
+
+  diff = out_CLst_GT - out_GT;
+  std:: cout << " Difference between Gauge xformed result and covariant Stencil Laplacian in xformed gauge  = " <<norm2(diff)<<std::endl;
+  std:: cout << "--------------------------------------------------------" <<std::endl;
+
+
+  std:: cout << "******************************************************************" <<std::endl;
+  std:: cout << " Test C: compare in free Field to \"Feynman rule\"  " <<std::endl;
+  std:: cout << "******************************************************************" <<std::endl;
+
+  std::vector<int> dim_mask({1,1,1,0}); // 3d FFT
+  FFT theFFT(&Grid);
+  Field out(&Grid);
+  Field F_out(&Grid);
+  Field F_in(&Grid);
+
+  // FFT the random input vector
+  theFFT.FFT_dim_mask(F_in,in,dim_mask,FFT::forward);
+
+  // Convolution theorem: multiply by Fourier representation of (discrete) Laplacian to apply diff op
+  LatticeComplexD    lap(&Grid); lap = Zero();
+  LatticeComplexD    kmu(&Grid); 
+  ComplexD ci(0.0,1.0);
+  for(int mu=0;mu<3;mu++) {
+
+    RealD TwoPiL =  M_PI * 2.0/ latt_size[mu];
+
+    LatticeCoordinate(kmu,mu);
+    kmu = TwoPiL * kmu;
+
+    // (e^ik_mu + e^-ik_mu - 2) = 2( cos kmu - 1) ~ 2 (1 - k_mu^2/2 -1 ) =  - k_mu^2 + O(k^4)
+    lap = lap + 2.0*cos(kmu) - 2.0;
+    
+  }  
+  F_out = lap * F_in;
+  
+  // Inverse FFT the result
+  theFFT.FFT_dim_mask(out,F_out,dim_mask,FFT::backward);
+  
+  std::cout<<"Fourier xformed (in)             "<<norm2(F_in)<<std::endl;
+  std::cout<<"Fourier xformed Laplacian x (in) "<<norm2(F_out)<<std::endl;
+  
+  std::cout<<"Momentum space Laplacian application  "<< norm2(out)<<std::endl;
+  std::cout<<"Stencil Laplacian application         "<< norm2(out_CLcs)<<std::endl;
+    
+  diff = out_CLcs - out;
+  std::cout<<"diff "<< norm2(diff)<<std::endl;
+
+  Grid_finalize();
+}
diff --git a/examples/Example_Laplacian_smearing.cc b/examples/Example_Laplacian_smearing.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9780e8a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/Example_Laplacian_smearing.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+#include <Grid/Grid.h>
+using namespace Grid;
+
+// Function used for Chebyshev smearing
+// 
+Real MomentumSmearing(Real p2)
+{
+  return (1 - 4.0*p2) * exp(-p2/4);
+}
+Real DistillationSmearing(Real p2)
+{
+  if ( p2 > 0.5 ) return 0.0;
+  else return 1.0;
+}
+
+// Flip sign to make prop to p^2, not -p^2 relative to last example
+template<class Gimpl,class Field> class CovariantLaplacianCshift : public SparseMatrixBase<Field>
+{
+public:
+  INHERIT_GIMPL_TYPES(Gimpl);
+
+  GridBase *grid;
+  GaugeField U;
+  
+  CovariantLaplacianCshift(GaugeField &_U)    :
+    grid(_U.Grid()),
+    U(_U) {  };
+
+  virtual GridBase *Grid(void) { return grid; };
+
+  virtual void  M    (const Field &in, Field &out)
+  {
+    out=Zero();
+    for(int mu=0;mu<Nd-1;mu++) {
+      GaugeLinkField Umu = PeekIndex<LorentzIndex>(U, mu); // NB: Inefficent
+      out = out - Gimpl::CovShiftForward(Umu,mu,in);    
+      out = out - Gimpl::CovShiftBackward(Umu,mu,in);    
+      out = out + 2.0*in;
+    }
+  };
+  virtual void  Mdag (const Field &in, Field &out) { M(in,out);}; // Laplacian is hermitian
+  virtual  void Mdiag    (const Field &in, Field &out)                  {assert(0);}; // Unimplemented need only for multigrid
+  virtual  void Mdir     (const Field &in, Field &out,int dir, int disp){assert(0);}; // Unimplemented need only for multigrid
+  virtual  void MdirAll  (const Field &in, std::vector<Field> &out)     {assert(0);}; // Unimplemented need only for multigrid
+};
+
+
+
+int main(int argc, char ** argv)
+{
+  Grid_init(&argc, &argv);
+
+  typedef LatticeColourVector Field;
+
+  auto latt_size   = GridDefaultLatt();
+  auto simd_layout = GridDefaultSimd(Nd,vComplex::Nsimd());
+  auto mpi_layout  = GridDefaultMpi();
+
+  GridCartesian    Grid(latt_size,simd_layout,mpi_layout);
+  GridParallelRNG  RNG(&Grid);  RNG.SeedFixedIntegers(std::vector<int>({45,12,81,9}));
+
+
+  LatticeGaugeField U(&Grid);
+
+  SU<Nc>::ColdConfiguration(RNG,U);
+
+  typedef CovariantLaplacianCshift <PeriodicGimplR,Field> Laplacian_t;
+  Laplacian_t Laplacian(U);
+
+  
+  ColourVector ColourKronecker;
+  ColourKronecker = Zero();
+  ColourKronecker()()(0) = 1.0;
+
+  Coordinate site({latt_size[0]/2,
+                   latt_size[1]/2,
+                   latt_size[2]/2,
+		   0});
+
+  Field kronecker(&Grid);
+  kronecker = Zero();
+  pokeSite(ColourKronecker,kronecker,site);
+
+
+  Field psi(&Grid), chi(&Grid);
+
+  //////////////////////////////////////
+  // Classic Wuppertal smearing
+  //////////////////////////////////////
+
+  Integer Iterations = 80;
+  Real width = 2.0;
+  Real coeff = (width*width) / Real(4*Iterations);
+
+  chi=kronecker;
+  //  chi = (1-p^2/2N)^N kronecker
+  for(int n = 0; n < Iterations; ++n) {
+    Laplacian.M(chi,psi);
+    chi = chi - coeff*psi;
+  }
+
+  std::cout << " Wuppertal smeared operator is chi = \n" << chi <<std::endl;
+
+  /////////////////////////////////////
+  // Chebyshev smearing
+  /////////////////////////////////////
+  RealD lo = 0.0;
+  RealD hi = 12.0; // Analytic free field bound
+  HermitianLinearOperator<Laplacian_t,Field> HermOp(Laplacian);
+
+  std::cout << " Checking spectral range of our POSITIVE definite operator \n";
+  PowerMethod<Field> PM;
+  PM(HermOp,kronecker);
+  
+  //  Chebyshev<Field> ChebySmear(lo,hi,20,DistillationSmearing);
+  Chebyshev<Field> ChebySmear(lo,hi,20,MomentumSmearing);
+  {
+    std::ofstream of("chebysmear");
+    ChebySmear.csv(of);
+  }
+
+  ChebySmear(HermOp,kronecker,chi);
+  
+  std::cout << " Chebyshev smeared operator is chi = \n" << chi <<std::endl;
+
+  Grid_finalize();
+}
diff --git a/examples/Example_Laplacian_solver.cc b/examples/Example_Laplacian_solver.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4dc00280
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/Example_Laplacian_solver.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+#include <Grid/Grid.h>
+using namespace Grid;
+
+template<class Field>
+void SimpleConjugateGradient(LinearOperatorBase<Field> &HPDop,const Field &b, Field &x)
+{
+    RealD cp, c, alpha, d, beta, ssq, qq;
+    RealD Tolerance=1.0e-10;
+    int MaxIterations=10000;
+    
+    Field p(b), mmp(b), r(b);
+
+    HPDop.HermOpAndNorm(x, mmp, d, beta);
+    
+    r = b - mmp;
+    p = r;
+
+    cp = alpha = norm2(p);
+    ssq = norm2(b);
+
+    RealD rsq = Tolerance * Tolerance * ssq;
+
+    for (int k = 1; k <= MaxIterations; k++) {
+      c = cp;
+
+      HPDop.HermOp(p, mmp);
+
+      d = real(innerProduct(p,mmp));
+
+      alpha = c / d;
+
+      r = r - alpha *mmp;
+      cp = norm2(r);
+      beta = cp / c;
+
+      x   = x   + alpha* p ;
+      p   = r   + beta* p ;
+
+      std::cout << "iteration "<<k<<" cp " <<std::sqrt(cp/ssq) << std::endl;
+      if (cp <= rsq) {
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+    assert(0);
+}
+
+
+
+// Flip sign to make prop to p^2, not -p^2 relative to last example
+template<class Gimpl,class Field> class CovariantLaplacianCshift : public SparseMatrixBase<Field>
+{
+public:
+  INHERIT_GIMPL_TYPES(Gimpl);
+
+  GridBase *grid;
+  GaugeField U;
+  RealD m2=1.0e-2;
+  CovariantLaplacianCshift(GaugeField &_U)    :
+    grid(_U.Grid()),
+    U(_U) {  };
+
+  virtual GridBase *Grid(void) { return grid; };
+
+  virtual void  M    (const Field &in, Field &out)
+  {
+    out=Zero();
+    for(int mu=0;mu<Nd-1;mu++) {
+      GaugeLinkField Umu = PeekIndex<LorentzIndex>(U, mu); // NB: Inefficent
+      out = out - Gimpl::CovShiftForward(Umu,mu,in);    
+      out = out - Gimpl::CovShiftBackward(Umu,mu,in);    
+      out = out + 2.0*in + m2*in;
+    }
+  };
+  virtual void  Mdag (const Field &in, Field &out) { M(in,out);}; // Laplacian is hermitian
+  virtual  void Mdiag    (const Field &in, Field &out)                  {assert(0);}; // Unimplemented need only for multigrid
+  virtual  void Mdir     (const Field &in, Field &out,int dir, int disp){assert(0);}; // Unimplemented need only for multigrid
+  virtual  void MdirAll  (const Field &in, std::vector<Field> &out)     {assert(0);}; // Unimplemented need only for multigrid
+};
+
+
+
+int main(int argc, char ** argv)
+{
+  Grid_init(&argc, &argv);
+
+  typedef LatticeColourVector Field;
+
+  auto latt_size   = GridDefaultLatt();
+  auto simd_layout = GridDefaultSimd(Nd,vComplex::Nsimd());
+  auto mpi_layout  = GridDefaultMpi();
+
+  GridCartesian    Grid(latt_size,simd_layout,mpi_layout);
+  GridParallelRNG  RNG(&Grid);  RNG.SeedFixedIntegers(std::vector<int>({45,12,81,9}));
+
+
+  LatticeGaugeField U(&Grid);
+
+  SU<Nc>::ColdConfiguration(RNG,U);
+
+  typedef CovariantLaplacianCshift <PeriodicGimplR,Field> Laplacian_t;
+  Laplacian_t Laplacian(U);
+
+  
+  ColourVector ColourKronecker;
+  ColourKronecker = Zero();
+  ColourKronecker()()(0) = 1.0;
+
+  Coordinate site({0,0,0,0}); // Point source at origin
+
+  Field kronecker(&Grid);
+  kronecker = Zero();
+  pokeSite(ColourKronecker,kronecker,site);
+
+  Field psi(&Grid); psi=Zero();
+
+  HermitianLinearOperator<Laplacian_t,Field> HermOp(Laplacian);
+  SimpleConjugateGradient(HermOp, kronecker,psi);
+
+  Field r(&Grid);
+  Laplacian.M(psi,r);
+  r=kronecker-r;
+  
+  std::cout << "True residual "<< norm2(r) <<std::endl;
+
+  // Optionally print the result vector
+  // std::cout << psi<<std::endl;
+
+  Grid_finalize();
+}
diff --git a/examples/Example_Mobius_spectrum.cc b/examples/Example_Mobius_spectrum.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4cd3335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/Example_Mobius_spectrum.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,314 @@
+/*
+ * Warning: This code illustrative only: not well tested, and not meant for production use
+ * without regression / tests being applied
+ */
+
+#include <Grid/Grid.h>
+
+using namespace std;
+using namespace Grid;
+
+template<class Gimpl,class Field> class CovariantLaplacianCshift : public SparseMatrixBase<Field>
+{
+public:
+  INHERIT_GIMPL_TYPES(Gimpl);
+
+  GridBase *grid;
+  GaugeField U;
+  
+  CovariantLaplacianCshift(GaugeField &_U)    :
+    grid(_U.Grid()),
+    U(_U) {  };
+
+  virtual GridBase *Grid(void) { return grid; };
+
+  virtual void  M    (const Field &in, Field &out)
+  {
+    out=Zero();
+    for(int mu=0;mu<Nd-1;mu++) {
+      GaugeLinkField Umu = PeekIndex<LorentzIndex>(U, mu); // NB: Inefficent
+      out = out - Gimpl::CovShiftForward(Umu,mu,in);    
+      out = out - Gimpl::CovShiftBackward(Umu,mu,in);    
+      out = out + 2.0*in;
+    }
+  };
+  virtual void  Mdag (const Field &in, Field &out) { M(in,out);}; // Laplacian is hermitian
+  virtual  void Mdiag    (const Field &in, Field &out)                  {assert(0);}; // Unimplemented need only for multigrid
+  virtual  void Mdir     (const Field &in, Field &out,int dir, int disp){assert(0);}; // Unimplemented need only for multigrid
+  virtual  void MdirAll  (const Field &in, std::vector<Field> &out)     {assert(0);}; // Unimplemented need only for multigrid
+};
+
+void MakePhase(Coordinate mom,LatticeComplex &phase)
+{
+  GridBase *grid = phase.Grid();
+  auto latt_size = grid->GlobalDimensions();
+  ComplexD ci(0.0,1.0);
+  phase=Zero();
+
+  LatticeComplex coor(phase.Grid());
+  for(int mu=0;mu<Nd;mu++){
+    RealD TwoPiL =  M_PI * 2.0/ latt_size[mu];
+    LatticeCoordinate(coor,mu);
+    phase = phase + (TwoPiL * mom[mu]) * coor;
+  }
+  phase = exp(phase*ci);
+}
+void PointSource(Coordinate &coor,LatticePropagator &source)
+{
+  //  Coordinate coor({0,0,0,0});
+  source=Zero();
+  SpinColourMatrix kronecker; kronecker=1.0;
+  pokeSite(kronecker,source,coor);
+}
+void Z2WallSource(GridParallelRNG &RNG,int tslice,LatticePropagator &source)
+{
+  GridBase *grid = source.Grid();
+  LatticeComplex noise(grid);
+  LatticeComplex zz(grid); zz=Zero();
+  LatticeInteger t(grid);
+
+  RealD nrm=1.0/sqrt(2);
+  bernoulli(RNG, noise); // 0,1 50:50
+
+  noise = (2.*noise - Complex(1,1))*nrm;
+
+  LatticeCoordinate(t,Tdir);
+  noise = where(t==Integer(tslice), noise, zz);
+
+  source = 1.0;
+  source = source*noise;
+  std::cout << " Z2 wall " << norm2(source) << std::endl;
+}
+template<class Field>
+void GaussianSmear(LatticeGaugeField &U,Field &unsmeared,Field &smeared)
+{
+  typedef CovariantLaplacianCshift <PeriodicGimplR,Field> Laplacian_t;
+  Laplacian_t Laplacian(U);
+
+  Integer Iterations = 40;
+  Real width = 2.0;
+  Real coeff = (width*width) / Real(4*Iterations);
+
+  Field tmp(U.Grid());
+  smeared=unsmeared;
+  //  chi = (1-p^2/2N)^N kronecker
+  for(int n = 0; n < Iterations; ++n) {
+    Laplacian.M(smeared,tmp);
+    smeared = smeared - coeff*tmp;
+    std::cout << " smear iter " << n<<" " <<norm2(smeared)<<std::endl;
+  }
+}
+void GaussianSource(Coordinate &site,LatticeGaugeField &U,LatticePropagator &source)
+{
+  LatticePropagator tmp(source.Grid());
+  PointSource(site,source);
+  std::cout << " GaussianSource Kronecker "<< norm2(source)<<std::endl;
+  tmp = source;
+  GaussianSmear(U,tmp,source);
+  std::cout << " GaussianSource Smeared "<< norm2(source)<<std::endl;
+}
+void GaussianWallSource(GridParallelRNG &RNG,int tslice,LatticeGaugeField &U,LatticePropagator &source)
+{
+  Z2WallSource(RNG,tslice,source);
+  auto tmp = source;
+  GaussianSmear(U,tmp,source);
+}
+void SequentialSource(int tslice,Coordinate &mom,LatticePropagator &spectator,LatticePropagator &source)
+{
+  assert(mom.size()==Nd);
+  assert(mom[Tdir] == 0);
+
+  GridBase * grid = spectator.Grid();
+
+
+  LatticeInteger ts(grid);
+  LatticeCoordinate(ts,Tdir);
+  source = Zero();
+  source = where(ts==Integer(tslice),spectator,source); // Stick in a slice of the spectator, zero everywhere else
+
+  LatticeComplex phase(grid);
+  MakePhase(mom,phase);
+
+  source = source *phase;
+}
+template<class Action>
+void Solve(Action &D,LatticePropagator &source,LatticePropagator &propagator)
+{
+  GridBase *UGrid = D.GaugeGrid();
+  GridBase *FGrid = D.FermionGrid();
+
+  LatticeFermion src4  (UGrid); 
+  LatticeFermion src5  (FGrid); 
+  LatticeFermion result5(FGrid);
+  LatticeFermion result4(UGrid);
+  
+  ConjugateGradient<LatticeFermion> CG(1.0e-8,100000);
+  SchurRedBlackDiagMooeeSolve<LatticeFermion> schur(CG);
+  ZeroGuesser<LatticeFermion> ZG; // Could be a DeflatedGuesser if have eigenvectors
+  for(int s=0;s<Nd;s++){
+    for(int c=0;c<Nc;c++){
+      PropToFerm<Action>(src4,source,s,c);
+
+      D.ImportPhysicalFermionSource(src4,src5);
+
+      result5=Zero();
+      schur(D,src5,result5,ZG);
+      std::cout<<GridLogMessage
+	       <<"spin "<<s<<" color "<<c
+	       <<" norm2(src5d) "   <<norm2(src5)
+               <<" norm2(result5d) "<<norm2(result5)<<std::endl;
+
+      D.ExportPhysicalFermionSolution(result5,result4);
+
+      FermToProp<Action>(propagator,result4,s,c);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+class MesonFile: Serializable {
+public:
+  GRID_SERIALIZABLE_CLASS_MEMBERS(MesonFile, std::vector<std::vector<Complex> >, data);
+};
+
+void MesonTrace(std::string file,LatticePropagator &q1,LatticePropagator &q2,LatticeComplex &phase)
+{
+  const int nchannel=4;
+  Gamma::Algebra Gammas[nchannel][2] = {
+    {Gamma::Algebra::Gamma5      ,Gamma::Algebra::Gamma5},
+    {Gamma::Algebra::GammaTGamma5,Gamma::Algebra::GammaTGamma5},
+    {Gamma::Algebra::GammaTGamma5,Gamma::Algebra::Gamma5},
+    {Gamma::Algebra::Gamma5      ,Gamma::Algebra::GammaTGamma5}
+  };
+
+  Gamma G5(Gamma::Algebra::Gamma5);
+
+  LatticeComplex meson_CF(q1.Grid());
+  MesonFile MF;
+
+  for(int ch=0;ch<nchannel;ch++){
+
+    Gamma Gsrc(Gammas[ch][0]);
+    Gamma Gsnk(Gammas[ch][1]);
+
+    meson_CF = trace(G5*adj(q1)*G5*Gsnk*q2*adj(Gsrc));
+
+    std::vector<TComplex> meson_T;
+    sliceSum(meson_CF,meson_T, Tdir);
+
+    int nt=meson_T.size();
+
+    std::vector<Complex> corr(nt);
+    for(int t=0;t<nt;t++){
+      corr[t] = TensorRemove(meson_T[t]); // Yes this is ugly, not figured a work around
+      std::cout << " channel "<<ch<<" t "<<t<<" " <<corr[t]<<std::endl;
+    }
+    MF.data.push_back(corr);
+  }
+
+  {
+    XmlWriter WR(file);
+    write(WR,"MesonFile",MF);
+  }
+}
+
+int main (int argc, char ** argv)
+{
+  const int Ls=8;
+
+  Grid_init(&argc,&argv);
+
+  // Double precision grids
+  GridCartesian         * UGrid   = SpaceTimeGrid::makeFourDimGrid(GridDefaultLatt(), 
+								   GridDefaultSimd(Nd,vComplex::Nsimd()),
+								   GridDefaultMpi());
+  GridRedBlackCartesian * UrbGrid = SpaceTimeGrid::makeFourDimRedBlackGrid(UGrid);
+  GridCartesian         * FGrid   = SpaceTimeGrid::makeFiveDimGrid(Ls,UGrid);
+  GridRedBlackCartesian * FrbGrid = SpaceTimeGrid::makeFiveDimRedBlackGrid(Ls,UGrid);
+
+  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  // You can manage seeds however you like.
+  // Recommend SeedUniqueString.
+  //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+  std::vector<int> seeds4({1,2,3,4}); 
+  GridParallelRNG          RNG4(UGrid);  RNG4.SeedFixedIntegers(seeds4);
+
+  LatticeGaugeField Umu(UGrid);
+  std::string config;
+  if( argc > 1 && argv[1][0] != '-' )
+  {
+    std::cout<<GridLogMessage <<"Loading configuration from "<<argv[1]<<std::endl;
+    FieldMetaData header;
+    NerscIO::readConfiguration(Umu, header, argv[1]);
+    config=argv[1];
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    std::cout<<GridLogMessage <<"Using hot configuration"<<std::endl;
+    SU<Nc>::ColdConfiguration(Umu);
+    //    SU<Nc>::HotConfiguration(RNG4,Umu);
+    config="HotConfig";
+  }
+
+  std::vector<RealD> masses({ 0.03,0.04,0.45} ); // u/d, s, c ??
+
+  int nmass = masses.size();
+
+  std::vector<MobiusFermionR *> FermActs;
+  
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage <<"======================"<<std::endl;
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage <<"MobiusFermion action as Scaled Shamir kernel"<<std::endl;
+  std::cout<<GridLogMessage <<"======================"<<std::endl;
+
+  for(auto mass: masses) {
+
+    RealD M5=1.0;
+    RealD b=1.5;// Scale factor b+c=2, b-c=1
+    RealD c=0.5;
+    
+    FermActs.push_back(new MobiusFermionR(Umu,*FGrid,*FrbGrid,*UGrid,*UrbGrid,mass,M5,b,c));
+   
+  }
+
+  LatticePropagator point_source(UGrid);
+  LatticePropagator wall_source(UGrid);
+  LatticePropagator gaussian_source(UGrid);
+
+  Coordinate Origin({0,0,0,0});
+  PointSource   (Origin,point_source);
+  Z2WallSource  (RNG4,0,wall_source);
+  GaussianSource(Origin,Umu,gaussian_source);
+  
+  std::vector<LatticePropagator> PointProps(nmass,UGrid);
+  std::vector<LatticePropagator> GaussProps(nmass,UGrid);
+  std::vector<LatticePropagator> Z2Props   (nmass,UGrid);
+
+  for(int m=0;m<nmass;m++) {
+    
+    Solve(*FermActs[m],point_source   ,PointProps[m]);
+    Solve(*FermActs[m],gaussian_source,GaussProps[m]);
+    Solve(*FermActs[m],wall_source    ,Z2Props[m]);
+  
+  }
+
+  LatticeComplex phase(UGrid);
+  Coordinate mom({0,0,0,0});
+  MakePhase(mom,phase);
+  
+  for(int m1=0 ;m1<nmass;m1++) {
+  for(int m2=m1;m2<nmass;m2++) {
+    std::stringstream ssp,ssg,ssz;
+
+    ssp<<config<< "_m" << m1 << "_m"<< m2 << "_point_meson.xml";
+    ssg<<config<< "_m" << m1 << "_m"<< m2 << "_smeared_meson.xml";
+    ssz<<config<< "_m" << m1 << "_m"<< m2 << "_wall_meson.xml";
+
+    MesonTrace(ssp.str(),PointProps[m1],PointProps[m2],phase);
+    MesonTrace(ssg.str(),GaussProps[m1],GaussProps[m2],phase);
+    MesonTrace(ssz.str(),Z2Props[m1],Z2Props[m2],phase);
+  }}
+
+  Grid_finalize();
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/examples/Makefile.am b/examples/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31cbdc86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+SUBDIRS = . 
+
+include Make.inc
+
+
+
diff --git a/scripts/filelist b/scripts/filelist
index 8e29ba88..c3f0cf3f 100755
--- a/scripts/filelist
+++ b/scripts/filelist
@@ -82,3 +82,18 @@ for f in $TESTS; do
     echo >> Make.inc
 done
 cd ..
+
+# examples Make.inc
+cd $home/examples/
+echo> Make.inc
+TESTS=`ls *.cc`
+TESTLIST=`echo ${TESTS} | sed s/.cc//g `
+echo bin_PROGRAMS = ${TESTLIST} > Make.inc
+echo >> Make.inc
+for f in $TESTS; do
+    BNAME=`basename $f .cc`
+    echo ${BNAME}_SOURCES=$f  >> Make.inc
+    echo ${BNAME}_LDADD='$(top_builddir)/Grid/libGrid.a'>> Make.inc
+    echo >> Make.inc
+done
+cd ..
diff --git a/tests/debug/Test_heatbath_dwf_eofa.cc b/tests/debug/Test_heatbath_dwf_eofa.cc
index 9d453a96..e1c18021 100644
--- a/tests/debug/Test_heatbath_dwf_eofa.cc
+++ b/tests/debug/Test_heatbath_dwf_eofa.cc
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
   // Set up RNGs
   std::vector<int> seeds4({1, 2, 3, 4});
   std::vector<int> seeds5({5, 6, 7, 8});
+  GridSerialRNG sRNG;
   GridParallelRNG RNG5(FGrid);
+  sRNG.SeedFixedIntegers(seeds5);
   RNG5.SeedFixedIntegers(seeds5);
   GridParallelRNG RNG4(UGrid);
   RNG4.SeedFixedIntegers(seeds4);
@@ -84,7 +86,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     ConjugateGradient<LatticeFermion> CG(1.0e-12, 5000);
     ExactOneFlavourRatioPseudoFermionAction<WilsonImplR> Meofa(Lop, Rop, CG, Params, false);
 
-    Meofa.refresh(Umu, RNG5);
+    Meofa.refresh(Umu,sRNG, RNG5);
     printf("<Phi|Meofa|Phi> = %1.15e\n", Meofa.S(Umu));
   }
 
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     ConjugateGradient<LatticeFermion> CG(1.0e-12, 5000);
     ExactOneFlavourRatioPseudoFermionAction<WilsonImplR> Meofa(Lop, Rop, CG, Params, true);
 
-    Meofa.refresh(Umu, RNG5);
+    Meofa.refresh(Umu,sRNG, RNG5);
     printf("<Phi|Meofa|Phi> = %1.15e\n", Meofa.S(Umu));
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/debug/Test_heatbath_dwf_eofa_gparity.cc b/tests/debug/Test_heatbath_dwf_eofa_gparity.cc
index 22cc1e90..7eabfc65 100644
--- a/tests/debug/Test_heatbath_dwf_eofa_gparity.cc
+++ b/tests/debug/Test_heatbath_dwf_eofa_gparity.cc
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
   RNG5.SeedFixedIntegers(seeds5);
   GridParallelRNG RNG4(UGrid);
   RNG4.SeedFixedIntegers(seeds4);
+  GridSerialRNG sRNG;
+  RNG4.SeedFixedIntegers(seeds4);
+  sRNG.SeedFixedIntegers(seeds5);
 
   // Random gauge field
   LatticeGaugeField Umu(UGrid);
@@ -90,7 +93,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     ConjugateGradient<FermionField> CG(1.0e-12, 5000);
     ExactOneFlavourRatioPseudoFermionAction<FermionImplPolicy> Meofa(Lop, Rop, CG, Params, false);
 
-    Meofa.refresh(Umu, RNG5);
+    Meofa.refresh(Umu,sRNG, RNG5);
     printf("<Phi|Meofa|Phi> = %1.15e\n", Meofa.S(Umu));
   }
 
@@ -100,7 +103,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     ConjugateGradient<FermionField> CG(1.0e-12, 5000);
     ExactOneFlavourRatioPseudoFermionAction<FermionImplPolicy> Meofa(Lop, Rop, CG, Params, true);
 
-    Meofa.refresh(Umu, RNG5);
+    Meofa.refresh(Umu,sRNG, RNG5);
     printf("<Phi|Meofa|Phi> = %1.15e\n", Meofa.S(Umu));
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/debug/Test_heatbath_mobius_eofa.cc b/tests/debug/Test_heatbath_mobius_eofa.cc
index 4cf4bf53..48806642 100644
--- a/tests/debug/Test_heatbath_mobius_eofa.cc
+++ b/tests/debug/Test_heatbath_mobius_eofa.cc
@@ -68,8 +68,10 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
   // Set up RNGs
   std::vector<int> seeds4({1, 2, 3, 4});
   std::vector<int> seeds5({5, 6, 7, 8});
+  GridSerialRNG sRNG;
   GridParallelRNG RNG5(FGrid);
   RNG5.SeedFixedIntegers(seeds5);
+  sRNG.SeedFixedIntegers(seeds5);
   GridParallelRNG RNG4(UGrid);
   RNG4.SeedFixedIntegers(seeds4);
 
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     ConjugateGradient<LatticeFermion> CG(1.0e-12, 5000);
     ExactOneFlavourRatioPseudoFermionAction<WilsonImplR> Meofa(Lop, Rop, CG, Params, false);
 
-    Meofa.refresh(Umu, RNG5);
+    Meofa.refresh(Umu, sRNG,RNG5);
     printf("<Phi|Meofa|Phi> = %1.15e\n", Meofa.S(Umu));
   }
 
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     ConjugateGradient<LatticeFermion> CG(1.0e-12, 5000);
     ExactOneFlavourRatioPseudoFermionAction<WilsonImplR> Meofa(Lop, Rop, CG, Params, true);
 
-    Meofa.refresh(Umu, RNG5);
+    Meofa.refresh(Umu, sRNG,RNG5);
     printf("<Phi|Meofa|Phi> = %1.15e\n", Meofa.S(Umu));
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/debug/Test_heatbath_mobius_eofa_gparity.cc b/tests/debug/Test_heatbath_mobius_eofa_gparity.cc
index 2fcb4b9f..52447e5e 100644
--- a/tests/debug/Test_heatbath_mobius_eofa_gparity.cc
+++ b/tests/debug/Test_heatbath_mobius_eofa_gparity.cc
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
   std::vector<int> seeds4({1, 2, 3, 4});
   std::vector<int> seeds5({5, 6, 7, 8});
   GridParallelRNG RNG5(FGrid);
+  GridSerialRNG   sRNG;
   RNG5.SeedFixedIntegers(seeds5);
+  sRNG.SeedFixedIntegers(seeds5);
   GridParallelRNG RNG4(UGrid);
   RNG4.SeedFixedIntegers(seeds4);
 
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     ConjugateGradient<FermionField> CG(1.0e-12, 5000);
     ExactOneFlavourRatioPseudoFermionAction<FermionImplPolicy> Meofa(Lop, Rop, CG, Params, false);
 
-    Meofa.refresh(Umu, RNG5);
+    Meofa.refresh(Umu, sRNG, RNG5);
     printf("<Phi|Meofa|Phi> = %1.15e\n", Meofa.S(Umu));
   }
 
@@ -101,7 +103,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     ConjugateGradient<FermionField> CG(1.0e-12, 5000);
     ExactOneFlavourRatioPseudoFermionAction<FermionImplPolicy> Meofa(Lop, Rop, CG, Params, true);
 
-    Meofa.refresh(Umu, RNG5);
+    Meofa.refresh(Umu, sRNG, RNG5);
     printf("<Phi|Meofa|Phi> = %1.15e\n", Meofa.S(Umu));
   }