[openib-general] [mvapich] Announcing the release of MVAPICH2 0.9.6 with on-demand connection management, multi-core optimized shared memory communication and memory hook support

[Jeff Squyres]

Any response from the OSU crew?

Can someone provide a reason why MVAPICH is still in OpenIB's  
Subversion repository?  Please see my original mail, below, for more  
detailed questions.

Thanks.


On Oct 23, 2006, at 7:36 AM, Jeff Squyres wrote:

> On Oct 22, 2006, at 11:53 PM, Dhabaleswar Panda wrote:
>
>> A stripped down version of this release is also available at the
>> OpenIB SVN.
>
> I see this statement in every MVAPICH release notice and it  
> continues to puzzle me.
>
> I understand that there was a use for an alternate distribution  
> source before MVAPICH became open source.  But now that the MVAPICH  
> code bases are freely available from OSU via multiple mechanisms  
> (anonymous SVN, tarball download, etc.), why is a "stripped down  
> version" maintained in the OpenIB SVN?
>
> 1. What, exactly, is the difference between the MVAPICH available  
> from OSU and the "stripped down version" in the OpenIB SVN?
>
> 2. Why would someone choose to download the "stripped down version"  
> from the OpenIB SVN?  Have any real users/customers done so?
>
> 3. What is the point of maintaining yet more flavors of MVAPICH --  
> aren't there enough already (multiple versions from OSU, more  
> versions available from each IB vendor)?
>
> DK -- can you please explain?  Thanks.
>
> -- 
> Jeff Squyres
> Server Virtualization Business Unit
> Cisco Systems
>
>


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Jeff Squyres
Server Virtualization Business Unit
Cisco Systems