If I read it right, all we need is a gather_packed_range, and the rest should be easy… I'll create an issue, can this wait until Monday+ for implementation?
On Jan 24, 2014, at 8:09 PM, Derek Gaston <fried...@gmail.com> wrote: > Awesome Ben - that's what I was thinking. I appreciate you taking a look... > > Detek > > On Friday, January 24, 2014, Kirk, Benjamin (JSC-EG311) > <benjamin.k...@nasa.gov> wrote: > On Jan 24, 2014, at 4:32 PM, Derek Gaston <fried...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > We utilize this in the output system when we're trying to output a > > ParallelMesh using a serial format (like Exodus). In that case we really > > don't need the mesh on _every_ processor.... only on processor 0. > > > > It would be better to use something like > > MeshCommunication::localize_to_one() to bring the mesh down to processor 0 > > and output it then get rid of the remote elements again (like what > > MeshSerializer does, but not all-to-all). > > > > Does that make sense to you guys? > > > > I understand that we shouldn't really be using a serial output format with > > ParallelMesh... but there are times when it's going to happen so no reason > > to be so wasteful ;-) > > I'd say then we need a MeshCommunication::gather(proc_id root_id) or > something, which can gather to any rank. I'll have a look at all gather and > see if it could be generalized - perhaps it would be easy to have one > implementation where the default value is an invalid proc_id and the behavior > is allgather, but an optional input could control the rank that gathers? > > -Ben > > > > -- > Sent from my iPhone ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CenturyLink Cloud: The Leader in Enterprise Cloud Services. Learn Why More Businesses Are Choosing CenturyLink Cloud For Critical Workloads, Development Environments & Everything In Between. Get a Quote or Start a Free Trial Today. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=119420431&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Libmesh-devel mailing list Libmesh-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libmesh-devel
