> >> Perhaps if someone could run this test again with --report-bindings >> --leave-session-attached and provide -all- output we could verify that >> analysis and clear up the confusion? >> > Yeah, however I bet you we still won't see output.
Actually, it seems we do get more output! Results of 'qsub -pe mpi 8 -binding linear:2 myScript.com' with 'mpirun -mca ras_gridengine_verbose 100 -report-bindings --leave-session-attached -bycore -bind-to-core ./unterm' [exec1:06504] System has detected external process binding to cores 0028 [exec1:06504] ras:gridengine: JOB_ID: 59467 [exec1:06504] ras:gridengine: PE_HOSTFILE: /usr/sge/default/spool/exec1/active_jobs/59467.1/pe_hostfile [exec1:06504] ras:gridengine: exec1.cluster.stats.local: PE_HOSTFILE shows slots=2 [exec1:06504] ras:gridengine: exec3.cluster.stats.local: PE_HOSTFILE shows slots=1 [exec1:06504] ras:gridengine: exec2.cluster.stats.local: PE_HOSTFILE shows slots=1 [exec1:06504] ras:gridengine: exec7.cluster.stats.local: PE_HOSTFILE shows slots=1 [exec1:06504] ras:gridengine: exec4.cluster.stats.local: PE_HOSTFILE shows slots=1 [exec1:06504] ras:gridengine: exec5.cluster.stats.local: PE_HOSTFILE shows slots=1 [exec1:06504] ras:gridengine: exec6.cluster.stats.local: PE_HOSTFILE shows slots=1 [exec1:06504] [[59608,0],0] odls:default:fork binding child [[59608,1],0] to cpus 0008 [exec1:06504] [[59608,0],0] odls:default:fork binding child [[59608,1],1] to cpus 0020 [exec3:20248] [[59608,0],1] odls:default:fork binding child [[59608,1],2] to cpus 0008 [exec4:26792] [[59608,0],4] odls:default:fork binding child [[59608,1],5] to cpus 0001 [exec2:32462] [[59608,0],2] odls:default:fork binding child [[59608,1],3] to cpus 0001 [exec7:09833] [[59608,0],3] odls:default:fork binding child [[59608,1],4] to cpus 0002 [exec5:10834] [[59608,0],5] odls:default:fork binding child [[59608,1],6] to cpus 0001 [exec6:04230] [[59608,0],6] odls:default:fork binding child [[59608,1],7] to cpus 0001 AHHA! Now I get the following if I use 'qsub -pe mpi 8 -binding linear:1 myScript.com' with the above mpirun command: [exec1:06552] System has detected external process binding to cores 0020 [exec1:06552] ras:gridengine: JOB_ID: 59468 [exec1:06552] ras:gridengine: PE_HOSTFILE: /usr/sge/default/spool/exec1/active_jobs/59468.1/pe_hostfile [exec1:06552] ras:gridengine: exec1.cluster.stats.local: PE_HOSTFILE shows slots=2 [exec1:06552] ras:gridengine: exec3.cluster.stats.local: PE_HOSTFILE shows slots=1 [exec1:06552] ras:gridengine: exec2.cluster.stats.local: PE_HOSTFILE shows slots=1 [exec1:06552] ras:gridengine: exec7.cluster.stats.local: PE_HOSTFILE shows slots=1 [exec1:06552] ras:gridengine: exec4.cluster.stats.local: PE_HOSTFILE shows slots=1 [exec1:06552] ras:gridengine: exec5.cluster.stats.local: PE_HOSTFILE shows slots=1 [exec1:06552] ras:gridengine: exec6.cluster.stats.local: PE_HOSTFILE shows slots=1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- mpirun was unable to start the specified application as it encountered an error: Error name: Unknown error: 1 Node: exec1 when attempting to start process rank 0. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [exec1:06552] [[59432,0],0] odls:default:fork binding child [[59432,1],0] to cpus 0020 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Not enough processors were found on the local host to meet the requested binding action: Local host: exec1 Action requested: bind-to-core Application name: ./unterm Please revise the request and try again. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [exec4:26816] [[59432,0],4] odls:default:fork binding child [[59432,1],5] to cpus 0001 [exec3:20345] [[59432,0],1] odls:default:fork binding child [[59432,1],2] to cpus 0020 [exec2:32486] [[59432,0],2] odls:default:fork binding child [[59432,1],3] to cpus 0001 [exec7:09921] [[59432,0],3] odls:default:fork binding child [[59432,1],4] to cpus 0002 [exec6:04257] [[59432,0],6] odls:default:fork binding child [[59432,1],7] to cpus 0001 [exec5:10861] [[59432,0],5] odls:default:fork binding child [[59432,1],6] to cpus 0001 Hope that helps clear up the confusion! Please say it does, my head hurts... Chris -- Dr Chris Jewell Department of Statistics University of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL UK Tel: +44 (0)24 7615 0778