Sandia -- Are you ok with this change? If so, please change it on master and file a PR...
(one quibble: it's "verbs", not "VERBS") > On Apr 23, 2015, at 6:25 PM, Paul Hargrove <phhargr...@lbl.gov> wrote: > > More suggestions for README: > > On master I suggest s/openib/verbs/ to catch two lingering instances of the > old BTL name. > Only the first of those two can optionally be updated in v1.8 too. > > As for Portals4, here is a suggested replacement stolen directly from > portals4's google code site: > > - Portals4 is the support library for Cray interconnects, but is also > - available on other platforms (e.g., there is a Portals4 library > - implemented over regular TCP). > + Portals is a low-level network API for high-performance networking > + on high-performance computing systems developed by Sandia National > + Laboratories, Intel Corporation, and the University of New Mexico. > + The Portals 4 Reference Implementation is a complete implementation > + of Portals 4, with transport over InfiniBand VERBS and UDP. > > -Paul > > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Jeff Squyres (jsquyres) <jsquy...@cisco.com> > wrote: > Applied -- thank you! > > -Jeff [accepting patches from Paul since 2002] > > ;-p > > > On Apr 23, 2015, at 2:29 PM, Paul Hargrove <phhargr...@lbl.gov> wrote: > > > > I have attached a patch (against master) that fixes some typos and makes an > > update. > > It applies almost cleanly to v1.8, requiring "-C2" if applying with "git > > apply" due to context changes. > > > > I also noted the following which I believe is just plain false, but don't > > have an alternative for. > > Portals4 is the support library for Cray interconnects, but is also > > available on other platforms (e.g., there is a Portals4 library > > implemented over regular TCP). > > > > It seems to be based on a dated description of Portals3.3. Cray does not > > (to the best of my knowledge) have an implementation of Portals4, and the > > reference implementation of Portals4 is over IB rather than over TCP. > > Perhaps @regrant can offer a re-write? > > > > -Paul [generating more work for @jsquyres since 1999] > > > > -- > > Paul H. Hargrove phhargr...@lbl.gov > > Computer Languages & Systems Software (CLaSS) Group > > Computer Science Department Tel: +1-510-495-2352 > > Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Fax: +1-510-486-6900 > > <README-fixes.patch>_______________________________________________ > > devel mailing list > > de...@open-mpi.org > > Subscription: http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel > > Link to this post: > > http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/devel/2015/04/17346.php > > > -- > Jeff Squyres > jsquy...@cisco.com > For corporate legal information go to: > http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/ > > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > de...@open-mpi.org > Subscription: http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel > Link to this post: > http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/devel/2015/04/17349.php > > > > -- > Paul H. Hargrove phhargr...@lbl.gov > Computer Languages & Systems Software (CLaSS) Group > Computer Science Department Tel: +1-510-495-2352 > Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Fax: +1-510-486-6900 > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > de...@open-mpi.org > Subscription: http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel > Link to this post: > http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/devel/2015/04/17350.php -- Jeff Squyres jsquy...@cisco.com For corporate legal information go to: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/
