+1 I would be interested in seeing support for this in Open MPI. On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 8:14 AM, George Bosilca <bosi...@icl.utk.edu> wrote:
> Samuel, > > Yes, all contributions are welcomed. It should be almost trivial to write > a new backend in Open MPI to support what the kernel developers will agree > to add as C/R capabilities. A good starting point to look at are the > existing modules in opal/mca/crs. > > george. > > > On Dec 6, 2012, at 03:56 , Christopher Samuel <sam...@unimelb.edu.au> > wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi folks, > > > > I don't know if people have seen that the Linux kernel community is > > following its own different checkpoint/restart path to those currently > > supported by OMPI, namely that of the OpenVZ developers > > "checkpoint/restore in user space" project (CRIU). > > > > You can read more about its current state here: > > > > https://lwn.net/Articles/525675/ > > > > The CRIU website is here: > > > > http://criu.org/ > > > > CRIU will also be up for discussion at LCA2013 in Canberra this year > > (though I won't be there): > > > > http://linux.conf.au/schedule/30116/view_talk?day=thursday > > > > Is there interest from OMPI in supporting this, given it looks like > > it's quite likely to make it into the mainline kernel? > > > > Or is better to wait for it to be merged, and then take a look? > > > > All the best, > > Chris > > - -- > > Christopher Samuel Senior Systems Administrator > > VLSCI - Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative > > Email: sam...@unimelb.edu.au Phone: +61 (0)3 903 55545 > > http://www.vlsci.org.au/ http://twitter.com/vlsci > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > > > iEYEARECAAYFAlDACXYACgkQO2KABBYQAh8LIQCfagfyZNzK3KVKb+W0etJV4tyL > > AxwAn0z6q7TVNcOTom0tmvy7brfFf4QV > > =SLvF > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Joshua Hursey Assistant Professor of Computer Science University of Wisconsin-La Crosse http://cs.uwlax.edu/~jjhursey
