Can you help me understand something here? I'm not opposed to making
the change - just puzzled as to why the value of the default hostfile
name is of concern to Eclipse.
There is one reason not to set a default name - it causes us to open
and read that file, even though nobody ever put something in it.
Remember, we distribute and install an empty default hostfile that
contains instructions on how to build one, so it will always exist.
Since the name of the default hostfile can be set in the default MCA
param file, environment, or cmd line, there didn't seem to be any real
reason to define some special name.
It isn't a big deal, though, so I don't really care that much. But I
would like to understand why Eclipse cares so we can factor that into
any future thinking.
Ralph
On Dec 12, 2008, at 7:11 AM, Greg Watson wrote:
From our perspective, it would be good if it could default to the
old behavior (in 1.3 if possible).
Thanks,
Greg
On Dec 8, 2008, at 11:42 AM, Ralph Castain wrote:
I don't think there was any overt thought given to it, at least not
on my part. I suspect it came about because (a) the wiki defining
hostfile behavior made no mention of the default value, (b) I may
have overlooked the prior default when rewriting that code, and (c)
since we now have default-hostfile as well as hostfile, it could be
I didn't default the name since it isn't clear which one should get
the default.
I honestly don't remember - this has been in the code base for a
really long time now.
I have no iron in this fire - as you know, all of our environs here
are managed. So I guess I'll throw it out there to the community:
do we want --default-hostfile to have a default value?
Pros: it could be considered a continuation of 1.2's hostfile
behavior
Cons: we treat hostfile in a totally different way in 1.3. We now
have two hostfiles: a default that applies to all app_contexts, and
a hostfile that applies to only one app_context. It would seem that
the default-hostfile best aligns with the old "hostfile" behavior,
but could lead to some confusion in its new usage.
Any preferences/thoughts?
Ralph
On Dec 5, 2008, at 9:15 AM, Greg Watson wrote:
Hi,
In 1.2.x, the rds_hostfile_path parameter pointed to openmpi-
default-hostfile by default. This parameter has been replaced with
orte_default_hostfile in 1.3, but now it defaults to <none>. Was
there any particular reason for the default value to change?
Greg
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