[openfabrics-ewg] RE: OpenMPI package & install definition

[Betsy Zeller]

Customers tend to want be able to run the MPI of their choice, which is
often different for different applications. We should be prepared to
support them in such eccentricities ;-)

- Betsy

On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 09:23 -0800, Scott Weitzenkamp (sweitzen) wrote:
> About multiple MPIs, I don't see a problem with installing them in
> different directories and using PATH to pick which one to use.
>  
> Scott


> 
>         
>         ______________________________________________________________
>         From: openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org
>         [mailto:openfabrics-ewg-bounces at openib.org] On Behalf Of Jeff
>         Squyres (jsquyres)
>         Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 6:15 AM
>         To: Tziporet Koren; Pavel Shamis; Vladimir Sokolovsky; Gleb
>         Natapov; Gil Bloch
>         Cc: Openfabrics-ewg at openib.org
>         Subject: [openfabrics-ewg] RE: OpenMPI package & install
>         definition
>         
>         
>         
>         9am would work better for me, but I could do 8:30 if
>         necessary.  Some topics we need to discuss:
>          
>         - Distributing software from non-core EWG members (e.g., PMB).
>         - Making MPI-dependent codes work with multiple MPI
>         installations (e.g., PMB).  Note that this is orthogonal to
>         which MPI implementation you are using, since the same MPI can
>         be installed multiple times (e.g., with different compilers).
>         - How to include multiple MPI's and provide a good mechanism
>         for the sysadmin / end-user to choose between them.
>          
>         
>          
>                 
>                 ______________________________________________________
>                 From: Tziporet Koren [mailto:tziporet at mellanox.co.il] 
>                 Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 9:14 AM
>                 To: Jeff Squyres (jsquyres); Pavel Shamis; Vladimir
>                 Sokolovsky; Gleb Natapov; Gil Bloch
>                 Cc: Openfabrics-ewg at openib.org
>                 Subject: OpenMPI package & install definition
>                 
>                 
>                 
>                 We need to have a meeting of all MPI maintainers to
>                 close definition of OpenMPI package and install.
>                 
>                 It is important to close this definition soon since we
>                 want that RC3 will include OpenMPI package.
>                 
>                  
>                 
>                 If you are in the “To” section then you need to attend
>                 this meeting. Other people that work on MPI and wish
>                 to join are welcome too.
>                 
>                  
>                 
>                 We wish to make this meeting tomorrow on 8:30am or 9am
>                 PST (6:30pm or 7pm Israel time).
>                 
>                  
>                 
>                 Please reply if this time suites you and I will set a
>                 bridge.
>                 
>                  
>                 
>                 Thanks,
>                 
>                 Tziporet
>                 
>                  
>                 
>                 
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