I built the current 1.6 branch (which hasn't seen any changes that would impact this function) and was able to execute it just fine on a single socket machine. I then gave it your slot-list, which of course failed as I don't have two active sockets (one is empty), but it appeared to parse the list just fine.
>From what I can tell, it looks like your linpc1 is unable to detect a second >socket for some reason when given the slot_list argument. I'll have to try >again tomorrow when I have access to a dual-socket machine. On Jan 19, 2013, at 1:45 AM, Siegmar Gross <siegmar.gr...@informatik.hs-fulda.de> wrote: > Hi > > I have installed openmpi-1.6.4rc2 and have still a problem with my > rankfile. > > linpc1 rankfiles 113 ompi_info | grep "Open MPI:" > Open MPI: 1.6.4rc2r27861 > > linpc1 rankfiles 114 cat rf_linpc1 > rank 0=linpc1 slot=0:0-1,1:0-1 > > linpc1 rankfiles 115 mpiexec -report-bindings -np 1 \ > -rf rf_linpc1 hostname > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > We were unable to successfully process/set the requested processor > affinity settings: > > Specified slot list: 0:0-1,1:0-1 > Error: Error > > This could mean that a non-existent processor was specified, or > that the specification had improper syntax. > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mpiexec was unable to start the specified application as it > encountered an error: > > Error name: Error > Node: linpc1 > > when attempting to start process rank 0. > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Everything works fine with the following command. > > linpc1 rankfiles 116 mpiexec -report-bindings -np 1 -cpus-per-proc 4 \ > -bycore -bind-to-core hostname > [linpc1:20140] MCW rank 0 bound to socket 0[core 0-1] > socket 1[core 0-1]: [B B][B B] > linpc1 > > > I would be grateful if somebody could fix the problem. Thank you very > much for any help in advance. > > > Kind regards > > Siegmar > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > us...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/users
