Samuel, Yes, all contributions are welcomed. It should be almost trivial to write a new backend in Open MPI to support what the kernel developers will agree to add as C/R capabilities. A good starting point to look at are the existing modules in opal/mca/crs.
george. On Dec 6, 2012, at 03:56 , Christopher Samuel <sam...@unimelb.edu.au> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi folks, > > I don't know if people have seen that the Linux kernel community is > following its own different checkpoint/restart path to those currently > supported by OMPI, namely that of the OpenVZ developers > "checkpoint/restore in user space" project (CRIU). > > You can read more about its current state here: > > https://lwn.net/Articles/525675/ > > The CRIU website is here: > > http://criu.org/ > > CRIU will also be up for discussion at LCA2013 in Canberra this year > (though I won't be there): > > http://linux.conf.au/schedule/30116/view_talk?day=thursday > > Is there interest from OMPI in supporting this, given it looks like > it's quite likely to make it into the mainline kernel? > > Or is better to wait for it to be merged, and then take a look? > > All the best, > Chris > - -- > Christopher Samuel Senior Systems Administrator > VLSCI - Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative > Email: sam...@unimelb.edu.au Phone: +61 (0)3 903 55545 > http://www.vlsci.org.au/ http://twitter.com/vlsci > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAlDACXYACgkQO2KABBYQAh8LIQCfagfyZNzK3KVKb+W0etJV4tyL > AxwAn0z6q7TVNcOTom0tmvy7brfFf4QV > =SLvF > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > de...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel
