          SUBROUTINE SLARFG( N, ALPHA, X, INCX, TAU )
    *
    *  -- LAPACK auxiliary routine (version 3.1) --
    *     Univ. of Tennessee, Univ. of California Berkeley and NAG Ltd..
    *     November 2006
    *
    *     .. Scalar Arguments ..
          INTEGER            INCX, N
          REAL               ALPHA, TAU
    *     ..
    *     .. Array Arguments ..
          REAL               X( * )
    *     ..
    *
    *  Purpose
    *  =======
    *
    *  SLARFG generates a real elementary reflector H of order n, such
    *  that
    *
    *        H * ( alpha ) = ( beta ),   H' * H = I.
    *            (   x   )   (   0  )
    *
    *  where alpha and beta are scalars, and x is an (n-1)-element real
    *  vector. H is represented in the form
    *
    *        H = I - tau * ( 1 ) * ( 1 v' ) ,
    *                      ( v )
    *
    *  where tau is a real scalar and v is a real (n-1)-element
    *  vector.
    *
    *  If the elements of x are all zero, then tau = 0 and H is taken to be
    *  the unit matrix.
    *
    *  Otherwise  1 <= tau <= 2.
    *
    *  Arguments
    *  =========
    *
    *  N       (input) INTEGER
    *          The order of the elementary reflector.
    *
    *  ALPHA   (input/output) REAL
    *          On entry, the value alpha.
    *          On exit, it is overwritten with the value beta.
    *
    *  X       (input/output) REAL array, dimension
    *                         (1+(N-2)*abs(INCX))
    *          On entry, the vector x.
    *          On exit, it is overwritten with the vector v.
    *
    *  INCX    (input) INTEGER
    *          The increment between elements of X. INCX > 0.
    *
    *  TAU     (output) REAL
    *          The value tau.
    *
    *  =====================================================================
    *
    *     .. Parameters ..
          REAL               ONE, ZERO
          PARAMETER          ( ONE = 1.0E+0, ZERO = 0.0E+0 )
    *     ..
    *     .. Local Scalars ..
          INTEGER            J, KNT
          REAL               BETA, RSAFMN, SAFMIN, XNORM
    *     ..
    *     .. External Functions ..
          REAL               SLAMCH, SLAPY2, SNRM2
          EXTERNAL           SLAMCH, SLAPY2, SNRM2
    *     ..
    *     .. Intrinsic Functions ..
          INTRINSIC          ABS, SIGN
    *     ..
    *     .. External Subroutines ..
          EXTERNAL           SSCAL
    *     ..
    *     .. Executable Statements ..
    *
          IF( N.LE.1 ) THEN
             TAU = ZERO
             RETURN
          END IF
    *
          XNORM = SNRM2( N-1, X, INCX )
    *
          IF( XNORM.EQ.ZERO ) THEN
    *
    *        H  =  I
    *
             TAU = ZERO
          ELSE
    *
    *        general case
    *
             BETA = -SIGN( SLAPY2( ALPHA, XNORM ), ALPHA )
             SAFMIN = SLAMCH( 'S' ) / SLAMCH( 'E' )
             IF( ABS( BETA ).LT.SAFMIN ) THEN
    *
    *           XNORM, BETA may be inaccurate; scale X and recompute them
    *
                RSAFMN = ONE / SAFMIN
                KNT = 0
       10       CONTINUE
                KNT = KNT + 1
                CALL SSCAL( N-1, RSAFMN, X, INCX )
                BETA = BETA*RSAFMN
                ALPHA = ALPHA*RSAFMN
                IF( ABS( BETA ).LT.SAFMIN )
         $         GO TO 10
    *
    *           New BETA is at most 1, at least SAFMIN
    *
                XNORM = SNRM2( N-1, X, INCX )
                BETA = -SIGN( SLAPY2( ALPHA, XNORM ), ALPHA )
                TAU = ( BETA-ALPHA ) / BETA
                CALL SSCAL( N-1, ONE / ( ALPHA-BETA ), X, INCX )
    *
    *           If ALPHA is subnormal, it may lose relative accuracy
    *
                ALPHA = BETA
                DO 20 J = 1, KNT
                   ALPHA = ALPHA*SAFMIN
       20       CONTINUE
             ELSE
                TAU = ( BETA-ALPHA ) / BETA
                CALL SSCAL( N-1, ONE / ( ALPHA-BETA ), X, INCX )
                ALPHA = BETA
             END IF
          END IF
    *
          RETURN
    *
    *     End of SLARFG
    *
          END