FWIW, we have had verbal agreement in the past that the v1.8 series was the last one to contain MX support. I think it would be fine for all MX-related components to disappear from v1.10.
Don't forget that Myricom as an HPC company no longer exists. > On Aug 24, 2015, at 2:34 PM, Paul Hargrove <phhargr...@lbl.gov> wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Paul Hargrove <phhargr...@lbl.gov> wrote: > Thus if this newly reported problem is (as I am going to guess) in > config/ompi_check_mx.m4 then it may go unfixed. > You say you and I are the only ones to care, and I think we both care for > reasons related to software quality rather than any desire to use MX. > > I looked to see where the -rpath options are coming from. > I am 95% certain that libtool is constructing them from the network-specific > .la files (such as libfabric.la). > That is also the reason why libfabric gets linked by full path instead of a > "-l" option. > > So, my conclusions: > > 1. Since there is no libmyriexpress.la, one should either > 1a. add the MX libdir to LD_LIBRARY_PATH > 1b. use the wrapper-ldflags family of configure arguments to add an rpath > > 2. There is *probably* no Open MPI bug here assuming the authors of MX > support assumed "1a". > > In support of these conclusion, the following is quoted from the MX > installation instructions: > For Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris, add the MX library directory to the > system library search path. Otherwise, individual users will have to > either manage their LD_LIBRARY_PATH(_64) environment variable or link > their program with an "-rpath/-R" option for the dynamic linker to > locate the MX shared library. > > So, I am actually wondering if Ralph's changes yesterday to "fix" > $(WRAPPER_EXTRA_LDFLAGS) might have been unnecessary. > Instead, I think *removing* those [testname]_LDFLAGS lines may be the correct > solution - they were *empty* until rc6. > > IMHO: dropping MX support in 1.10 is probably wise given the lack of vendor > support . > > -Paul > > -- > 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/2015/08/17827.php -- Jeff Squyres jsquy...@cisco.com For corporate legal information go to: http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/
