With what compilers? Is this license issue - or RAM issue? [i.e what errors do you get?]
If your compiler fails this way - its likely to affect externalpackage builds aswell. So you might need to use configure option: --with-make-np=1 [But I would think a value higher than 1 should work..] Satish On Wed, 25 Jul 2018, Fande Kong wrote: > The default value determined by the configure sometimes makes the compiling > process fail. I have experienced a couple of times before. The solution is > to use "MAKE_NP=1". > > > > Fande, > > > ________________________________ > From: petsc-dev <[email protected]> on behalf of Satish Balay > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 5:57:55 PM > To: Fande Kong > Cc: petsc-dev > Subject: Re: [petsc-dev] could we let "make -j N" work for PETSc and external > packages? > > Another alternative: use gmakefile directly - and ignore our > 'makefile' wrapper. > > [with makefile wrapper - we try to control a few things - and print > some extra debug info like the MAKEFLAGS]. > > But if you use 'gmakefile' directly - you would be using PETSc like > any other package - it supports 'V=1' for some debug info [which is > similar to info provided by most packages] > > > BTW: Any particular why MAKE_NP determined by configure [i.e the default > value] is not useful? > > Satish > > On Tue, 24 Jul 2018, Fande Kong wrote: > > > Thanks, Satish, > > > > I’m going to use MAKE_NP > > > > Fande > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Jul 24, 2018, at 4:26 PM, Satish Balay <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I hate html e-mail which doesn't add reply markers - can't figure out > > > easily what you saying :( > > > > > >>> However some older make version might not display this info properly. > > >>> [it should use the user specified '-j' value though] > > >> > > >> This confused me, and now I understood. But it is misleading. Could we > > >> do something at the PETSc side regardless the make version? At least > > >> display the user-specified value not the default value. I thought my > > >> "-j" did not change anything. > > > > > > Thats a 'make' issue. you are specifying options to make. So we have no > > > control on it [unless make tells us - and this mode is buggy on the OSX > > > default make version]. > > > > > > The only option we have is : not print anything. I think thats a bad > > > option. > > > > > > You have alternatives: > > > > > > - use a newer make with --download-make > > > > > > - or use MAKE_NP > > > > > > Satish > > > > > >> On Tue, 24 Jul 2018, Fande Kong wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> ________________________________ > > >> From: Satish Balay <[email protected]> > > >> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 4:06 PM > > >> To: Fande Kong > > >> Cc: Jed Brown; For users of the development version of PETSc > > >> Subject: Re: [petsc-dev] could we let "make -j N" work for PETSc and > > >> external packages? > > >> > > >> PETSc configure sets up a default value that always gets used. > > >> > > >>>>>>>>> > > >> balay@asterix /home/balay/tmp/petsc (maint=) > > >> $ make > > >> <snip> > > >> Using MAKEFLAGS: -j4 -l6.0 w -- PETSC_DIR=/home/balay/tmp/petsc > > >> PETSC_ARCH=arch-linux2-c-debug > > >> <<< > > >> > > >> You can always override this default by adding a -j option. [since the > > >> user specified -j value comes at the end - it overrides the one that > > >> is specified at the begining of make command] > > >> > > >>>>>>>>>>>> > > >> balay@asterix /home/balay/tmp/petsc (maint=) > > >> $ make -j20 > > >> <snip> > > >> Using MAKEFLAGS: -j4 -l6.0 w -j20 --jobserver-auth=3,4 -- > > >> PETSC_DIR=/home/balay/tmp/petsc PETSC_ARCH=arch-linux2-c-debug > > >> <<<<<<<<<< > > >> > > >> > > >> However some older make version might not display this info properly. > > >> [it should use the user specified '-j' value though] > > >> > > >> This confused me, and now I understood. But it is misleading. Could we > > >> do something at the PETSc side regardless the make version? At least > > >> display the user-specified value not the default value. I thought my > > >> "-j" did not change anything. > > >> > > >> Fande, > > >> > > >>>>>>>>> > > >> [petsc@ipro petsc.maint ((879a78556f...))]$ make -j2 > > >> Using MAKEFLAGS: -j7 -l12.0 w --jobserver-fds=3,4 -j -- > > >> PETSC_DIR=/Users/petsc/petsc.maint PETSC_ARCH=arch-osx-10.6 > > >> <<<<<<< > > >> > > >> You can use the alternate mode - just modify the default '-j' value used > > >> MAKE_NP > > >> > > >>>>>>>>>> > > >> [petsc@ipro petsc.maint ((879a78556f...))]$ make MAKE_NP=2 > > >> Using MAKEFLAGS: -j2 -l12.0 w -- PETSC_DIR=/Users/petsc/petsc.maint > > >> PETSC_ARCH=arch-osx-10.6 MAKE_NP=2 > > >> <<<<<<< > > >> > > >> Or you can control this default value at configure time [this affects > > >> externalpackage builds] > > >> > > >> ./configure --with-make-np=2 > > >> > > >> Satish > > >> > > >> > > >>> On Tue, 24 Jul 2018, Fande Kong wrote: > > >>> > > >>> Thanks, Jed and Satish, > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> But "make -j N" does not change anything when compiling petsc. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> If I do something like: "make -j whatever". Then I always get: > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Using MAKEFLAGS: -j8 -l36.0 w > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> It looks like PETSc always uses "-j something" that we can not change > > >>> using the command-line. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Is it a bug? > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Fande, > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> ________________________________ > > >>> From: Jed Brown <[email protected]> > > >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2018 3:44 PM > > >>> To: Fande Kong; For users of the development version of PETSc > > >>> Subject: Re: [petsc-dev] could we let "make -j N" work for PETSc and > > >>> external packages? > > >>> > > >>> Fande Kong <[email protected]> writes: > > >>> > > >>>> Hi Developers, > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> Could we somehow let "make -j N" to take multiple threads for > > >>>> compiling PETSc. Do we use multiple threads when compiling the > > >>>> external packages such as hypre, parmetis etc.? > > >>> > > >>> Yes, see self.parallelMake=0 for the few packages that don't support > > >>> parallel make. > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > > > > >
