Hi, I am readying an openmpi 1.2.5 software stack for use with a many-thousand core cluster. I have a question about sending small messages that I hope can be answered on this list.
I was under the impression that if node A wants to send a small MPI message to node B, it must have a credit to do so. The credit assures A that B has enough buffer space to accept the message. Credits are required by the mpi layer regardless of the BTL transport layer used. I have been told by a Voltaire tech that this is not so, the credits are used by the infiniband transport layer to reliably send a message, and is not an openmpi feature. Thanks, Federico
