Jeff Squyres wrote: > On Oct 28, 2009, at 9:29 AM, Samuel Thibault wrote: > >> > I would think that the API *only* looks at the names passed as >> > parameters -- command line, env variable, etc. are upper-layer >> > abstractions added by top-level tools like lstopo, etc. >> >> See Brice's case, where it's not the user that provides the xml file, >> but a deployment tool. >> > > > Ya, I saw that. For a small tool like the hwloc library, it doesn't > feel right to offer back-door hooks that can circumvent the > application. If an application is buggy, then the application should > be fixed -- it doesn't seem like the right thing to intentionally add > hooks just to accommodate buggy applications. Is that what you're > suggesting, or am I missing the point? >
It's not (only) about buggy applications, the bug could in hwloc as well. You might want to check the hwloc behavior with this application if the topology if different. Brice
