+1.

On Oct 18, 2013, at 10:17 AM, Ralph Castain <r...@open-mpi.org>
 wrote:

> Then I would suggest you stick with "oshmem" to be clear you mean OpenSHMEM
> 
> On Oct 18, 2013, at 6:20 AM, Igor Ivanov <igor.iva...@itseez.com> wrote:
> 
>> As I know OpenSHMEM is an effort to create a standardized SHMEM library for 
>> C and Fortran. SGI’s SHMEM API is the baseline for OpenSHMEM Specification 
>> 1.0.
>> Most of OpenSHMEM API functions can be found in different SHMEM API 
>> implementations but there are functions that are specific for SGI`s, Cray`s 
>> etc products.
>> 
>> SIte www.shmem.org says that "The SHMEM™ Application Programming Interface 
>> (API) definition and the SHMEM trademark are the property of SGI. "
>> 
>> Igor
>> 
>> On 18.10.2013 16:33, Jeff Squyres (jsquyres) wrote:
>>> On Oct 18, 2013, at 1:18 AM, Igor Ivanov <igor.iva...@itseez.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Is there naming convention related configure options in OMPI?
>>>> Do you see any objections about --enable-oshmem-xxx or they must be 
>>>> replaced with --enable-shmem-xxx?
>>> Hmm.  Good question.
>>> 
>>> I don't know enough about shmem vs. open shmem to say.  Is the API the 
>>> same?  If the API is the same, then you make a good point -- perhaps we 
>>> should replace all --with-oshmem-xxx and --enable-oshmem-xxx with 
>>> --with-shmem-xxx and --enable-shmem-xxx, respectively.
>>> 
>>> Supporting this view, we have several --with-mpi-xxx switches (i.e., we 
>>> don't have --with-ompi-xxx switches).  But this works because Open MPI is 
>>> just an implementation of MPI.  Forgive my shmem ignorance: is the oshmem/ 
>>> layer an implementation of Shmem?  Or an implementation of Open Shmem?  (is 
>>> there a difference between the two?)
>>> 
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