Re: [OMPI devel] [RFC] Default hostfile MCA param

Tim Prins wrote: We have used '^' elsewhere to indicate not, so maybe just have the syntax be if you put '^' at the beginning of a line, that node is not used. So we could have: n0 n1 ^headnode n3 this would sound fine for me. I understand the idea of having a flag to indicate that all

Re: [OMPI devel] [RFC] Default hostfile MCA param

On 3/4/08 5:51 AM, "Tim Prins" wrote: > We have used '^' elsewhere to indicate not, so maybe just have the > syntax be if you put '^' at the beginning of a line, that node is not used. > > So we could have: > n0 > n1 > ^headnode > n3 > That works for me and sounds

Re: [OMPI devel] [RFC] Default hostfile MCA param

We have used '^' elsewhere to indicate not, so maybe just have the syntax be if you put '^' at the beginning of a line, that node is not used. So we could have: n0 n1 ^headnode n3 I understand the idea of having a flag to indicate that all nodes below a certain point should be ignored, but I

Re: [OMPI devel] [RFC] Default hostfile MCA param

I personally have no objection, but I would ask then that the wiki be modified to cover this case. All I require is that someone define the syntax to be used to indicate "this is a node I do -not- want used", or alternatively a flag that indicates "all nodes below are -not- to be used".