To be backported in 1.0 branch after comments/proof-reading.
On 29/04/2010 20:06, bgog...@osl.iu.edu wrote: > Author: bgoglin > Date: 2010-04-29 14:06:21 EDT (Thu, 29 Apr 2010) > New Revision: 2018 > URL: https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/hwloc/changeset/2018 > > Log: > Try to document (in the bug/question section) that upgrading the kernel/BIOS > may help > Text files modified: > trunk/doc/hwloc.doxy | 11 +++++++++++ > 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > Modified: trunk/doc/hwloc.doxy > ============================================================================== > --- trunk/doc/hwloc.doxy (original) > +++ trunk/doc/hwloc.doxy 2010-04-29 14:06:21 EDT (Thu, 29 Apr 2010) > @@ -317,6 +317,17 @@ > Bug reports should be reported in the tracker > (https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/hwloc/). > > +If you ever notice that hwloc seems to discover a wrong > +or strange topology for your machine, you should first > +make sure that you are running an uptodate operating > +system. > +Indeed, most of hwloc topology discovery relies on hardware > +information retrieved through the operation system, for > +instance in the /sys virtual filesystem of the Linux kernel. > +If upgrading your OS or Linux kernel does not solve your > +problem, upgrading the BIOS may also help in some cases. > + > + > \htmlonly > </div><div class="section" id="credits"> > \endhtmlonly > _______________________________________________ > hwloc-svn mailing list > hwloc-...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/hwloc-svn >
