[openfabrics-ewg] Default and per-user MPI selections

[Jeff Squyres]

On 8/29/06 12:50 PM, "Steffen Persvold" <sp at scali.com> wrote:

> One should at the very least, have the option to NOT set system defaults (to
> accommodate for experienced users wanting more than openmpi/mvapich on their
> system and those that doesn't want mpi settings in /etc/ld.so.conf etc...),
> no ?

I agree so much that I said that in my first mail.  :-)

"...During installation, OFED should ***ask the sysadmin if they want a
system-wide default MPI, and if so, which one.***  And then do the Right
magic to make it so..."

-- 
Jeff Squyres
Server Virtualization Business Unit
Cisco Systems