It looks good, except that I would replace "check to ensure..." with something less mandatory since upgrading the BIOS may be dangerous :)
Brice On 30/04/2010 13:57, Jeff Squyres wrote: > Check out r2023 -- how's that? > > If you like, please move to v1.0 branch... > > > On Apr 29, 2010, at 2:07 PM, Brice Goglin wrote: > > >> 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 >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> hwloc-devel mailing list >> hwloc-de...@open-mpi.org >> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/hwloc-devel >> >> > >
