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

Betsy Zeller betsy at pathscale.com
Tue Mar 28 14:44:23 PST 2006


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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