Thanks for the explanation, Ken! I'll take care of the patch.
On Jul 12, 2010, at 6:40 AM, Matney Sr, Kenneth D. wrote: > Hi Ralph, > > I think that it would be overstating the case to say that I am re-assuming > those duties. Rather, I am trying to fill the gap in a minimal sense while > we locate a replacement for Rainer. I expect to help our replacement > get up to speed on portals and ALPS; but, I have too many other duties > to be able to provide full OMPI support. Here is a plug for my daytime job: > > http://www.nccs.gov/user-support/center-projects/ > > I do the Lustre User Toolkit and IOTA. The web pages will be improved > before too long. The current state reflects my preference for development > over writing web pages. In addition, new versions of these are in development > as well as a new parallel tool and another tool for use on Lustre. Other > members, of the group I work in, are developing additional tools for Lustre. > The Lustre User Toolkit is compatible with OMPI and runs on our research > cluster, > as well as the Cray XTs. > > At the same time, I do not want OMPI to be unsupported on the Cray XT. > There may be a need for ORNL down the road. > > I agree that, in the OMPI context, the "slurm" comment generates confusion. > The source of the environmental variable is immaterial to OMPI. If you feel > that I should do the patch for Jerome, just say so. Thanks. > -- Ken > > > On Jul 10, 2010, at 10:37 AM, Ralph Castain wrote: > >> Sounds good then. >> >> I only got into this thread because (a) the reference to slurm, and (b) with >> Rainer's departure, I wasn't sure if someone else was going to pickup the >> alps support. Since you are re-assuming those latter duties (yes?), and >> since this actually has nothing to do with slurm itself, I'll let you decide >> when/if to deal with the patch. >> >> I would only suggest that you remove the "slurm" comment from it as it is >> definitely confusing. >> >> Thanks >> Ralph >> >> > > <deleted> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> devel mailing list >> de...@open-mpi.org >> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel > > > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > de...@open-mpi.org > http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel
