A thread is like a process. (Except not all threads have to be processes, since that is an OS feature).
On 2012-09-24 04:55:20PM +0100, Lara Bunte wrote: > Sadly I don't know what a thread is. :( Sorry but I don't understand. > > Greetings > Lara > > > > > > ----- Ursprüngliche Message ----- > Von: Peter C. Lai <[email protected]> > An: Discussion list for GROMACS users <[email protected]> > CC: > Gesendet: 17:43 Montag, 24.September 2012 > Betreff: Re: [gmx-users] About mdrun -nt number > > # of mdrun threads > > -nt N is used to basically tell mdrun how many threads to spawn on the > local host. We refer to threads since on some architectures, a single core > can handle multiple threads. (like 2 threads per core with hyperthreading). > > On 2012-09-24 04:33:19PM +0100, Lara Bunte wrote: > > Hi > > > > In the man page of mdrun is written for the option -nt int: "Number of > > threads to start (0 is guess)" > > > > What do this mean? What is a thread in this context? > > > > Thanks > > Greetings > > Lara > > > > -- > > gmx-users mailing list [email protected] > > http://lists.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users > > * Please search the archive at > > http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/Search before posting! > > * Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the > > www interface or send it to [email protected]. > > * Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists > > -- > ================================================================== > Peter C. Lai | University of Alabama-Birmingham > Programmer/Analyst | KAUL 752A > Genetics, Div. of Research | 705 South 20th Street > [email protected] | Birmingham AL 35294-4461 > (205) 690-0808 | > ================================================================== > > -- > gmx-users mailing list [email protected] > http://lists.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users > * Please search the archive at > http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/Search before posting! > * Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the > www interface or send it to [email protected]. > * Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists > > -- > gmx-users mailing list [email protected] > http://lists.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users > * Please search the archive at > http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/Search before posting! > * Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the > www interface or send it to [email protected]. > * Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists -- ================================================================== Peter C. Lai | University of Alabama-Birmingham Programmer/Analyst | KAUL 752A Genetics, Div. of Research | 705 South 20th Street [email protected] | Birmingham AL 35294-4461 (205) 690-0808 | ================================================================== -- gmx-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users * Please search the archive at http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/Search before posting! * Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the www interface or send it to [email protected]. * Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists
