[OFIWG-MPI] libfabric APIs from an MPI perspective

[Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)]

MPI community --

SHORT VERSION
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The libfabric group has steadily progressed in its API definition.  A prototype implementation is available (see below).  Detailed feedback is needed from the MPI community to help shape the API.  Please review, at a minimum, the simple pingpong source code to see the API in action (see below).

Please fill out this doodle to find a time for a webex to talk through the API and everyone's feedback:

    http://doodle.com/y9ict2xtxqqdzqw8

MORE DETAIL
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Note that there is quite a bit more to the API than the calls that are shown in the sample pingpong program.  It is worth looking through the libfabrics/include/rdma header files, for example.

Here's a list of the compiled set of MPI requirements for the libfabric API:

    http://lists.openfabrics.org/pipermail/ofiwg/2014-June/000254.html

And a link to the latest PPTX showing the libfabric architecture (endpoints, etc.):

    http://lists.openfabrics.org/pipermail/ofiwg/2014-June/000259.html

Please look through these documents, and look through the git repositories listed below and send detailed feedback.

I'm guessing that it will be worthwhile to have a webex to discuss all this stuff.  Please fill out this doodle (same as the doodle above) so that we can find a time to discuss:

    http://doodle.com/y9ict2xtxqqdzqw8

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Git repository for the libfabric library:
- Web view: http://git.openfabrics.org/?p=~shefty/libfabric.git;a=summary
- Git:      git://flatbed.openfabrics.org/~shefty/libfabric.git

Git repository for examples using libfabric:
- Web view: http://git.openfabrics.org/?p=~shefty/fabtests.git;a=summary
- Git:      git://flatbed.openfabrics.org/~shefty/fabtests.git

Direct link to a web view of the sample pingpong program:

    http://git.openfabrics.org/?p=~shefty/fabtests.git;a=blob;f=simple/pingpong.c;hb=HEAD

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