[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]

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