On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Xiangdong <[email protected]> wrote:

> If I assembly the matrix with MatSetValuesStencil and use KspSetOpreators
> for Ksp, do I need to call KspSetDM first?
>

No


> What is the key difference or advantage of using KspSetComputeOperators
> against KspSetOperators?
>

With the later, you have to manage creating and preallocating the matrix.

   Matt


> Thanks you.
>
> Xiangdong
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 4:24 PM, Jed Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Xiangdong <[email protected]> writes:
>> > I am not clear about this. In this example, where is the format
>> declaration
>> > (e.g.,mpiaij) of Mat jac? Why is this mat jac always distributed in
>> > a compatible way as the DM vectors?
>>
>> src/ksp/ksp/examples/tutorials/ex25.c calls KSPSetDM and sets functions
>> to assemble the matrices and right hand side.  Those objects are created
>> internally (you can use -dm_mat_type sbaij if you like) and the user
>> doesn't have to see them.
>>
>
>


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