Just stale code that doesn't hurt anything - frankly, I wouldn't look at platform files to try to get a handle on such things as they tend to fall out of date unless someone needs to change it.
We always hard-code progress threads to off because the code isn't thread safe in key areas involving the event library, for one. On Mar 10, 2011, at 3:43 PM, Eugene Loh wrote: > In the trunk, we hardwire progress threads to be off. E.g., > > % grep progress configure.ac > # Hardwire all progress threads to be off > enable_progress_threads="no" > [Hardcode the ORTE progress thread to be off]) > [Hardcode the OMPI progress thread to be off]) > > So, how do I understand the following? > > % grep enable_progress contrib/platform/*/*.conf > contrib/platform/cisco/linux-static.conf:orte_enable_progress_threads = 1 > contrib/platform/cisco/macosx-dynamic.conf:orte_enable_progress_threads = 1 > contrib/platform/openrcm/debug.conf:orte_enable_progress_threads = 1 > % grep enable_progress contrib/platform/*/*/*.conf > contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/hlfr.conf:orte_enable_progress_threads = 1 > contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/ludd.conf:orte_enable_progress_threads = 1 > contrib/platform/cisco/ebuild/native.conf:orte_enable_progress_threads = 1 > > These seem to try to turn progress threads on. Ugly, but not a problem? > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > de...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel