I believe we already have a way of defining where to get the default mca params:
ret = mca_base_var_register ("opal", "mca", "base", "param_files", "Path
for MCA "
"configuration files containing variable
values",
MCA_BASE_VAR_TYPE_STRING, NULL, 0, 0,
OPAL_INFO_LVL_2,
MCA_BASE_VAR_SCOPE_READONLY,
&mca_base_var_files);
So wouldn't it be as easy as defining an envar? It's what we did when using the
OMPI code with ORCM a couple of years ago, and we used it again for a recent
project in Greenplum where the default mca param was specified in a different
location than usual.
On May 7, 2013, at 6:28 AM, Jeff Squyres (jsquyres) <[email protected]> wrote:
> Given Ralph's questions about
> rhttps://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/ompi/changeset/28456, ORNL's second question
> to me/Nathan about MCA params is probably worth forwarding to the list -- see
> below.
>
> Thoughts on this proposal?
>
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: "Boehm, Swen" <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: Q: project based MCA param files
>> Date: May 3, 2013 5:03:43 PM EDT
>> To: "Jeff Squyres (jsquyres)" <[email protected]>
>> Cc: Nathan Hjelm <[email protected]>, "Vallee, Geoffroy R."
>> <[email protected]>, "Naughton III, Thomas J." <[email protected]>
>>
>> Hi Jeff,
>>
>> Here is a short description of the enhancement we would like to contribute.
>> Let us know what you think.
>>
>> The purpose of the suggested improvements is to enable "projects" to read
>> MCA parameters from project specific locations. This enables the usage
>> of OPAL and the MCA Frameworks outside the OpenMPI project without
>> interfering with OpenMPI specific parameters and removes the need to
>> patch OPAL (e.g., to pick up params from different locations).
>>
>> The possible scenarios would be the following:
>>
>> a) adding the option to pick up a project specific mca-param.conf file
>> Example:
>> $HOME/.mca/${project}-mca-param.conf
>> and /etc/mca/${project}-mca-param.conf)
>>
>> b) add the option to pick up the mca-param.conf file from a project specific
>> directory
>> Example:
>> $HOME/.${project}/mca-param.conf
>> and /etc/${project}/mca-param.conf
>> and/or /etc/${project}/${project}-mca-param.conf)
>>
>> c) prefixing the mca param with the project name in the existing
>> mca-param.conf
>> file and therefore following the new MCA variable system naming scheme.
>> Example:
>> mca_${project}_${framework}_${component}_${var_name}
>>
>> The implementation has to be compatible with the current system, that is,
>> it should work as it does today without any added burden to the user. The
>> suggested approach is to provide an addition to the MCA API (something like
>> mca_base_add_config_file_path ()) to add lookup paths to the MCA system.
>> This way additional files can be picked up for the MCA param parsing if
>> needed.
>>
>> To wrap it up:
>> 1) Is the motivation clear?
>> 2) Is it possible to implement the desired capability within a
>> reasonable time and without changing the current behavior?
>> 3) Does it line up with the planning / future capabilities?
>> 4) Which of the above options (A, B, C) would you prefer?
>>
>> --
>> Swen Boehm | Email: [email protected]
>> Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Phone: +1 865-576-6125
>>
>>
>> On Apr 26, 2013, at 7:50 PM, Thomas Naughton <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Ok, sounds good. We'll check on this next week and get back to you.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> --tjn
>>>
>>> _________________________________________________________________________
>>> Thomas Naughton [email protected]
>>> Research Associate (865) 576-4184
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, 26 Apr 2013, Jeff Squyres (jsquyres) wrote:
>>>
>>>> Email would probably be easiest -- I will need to page in/refresh this
>>>> area of the code, anyway, so if you guys do the initial homework and
>>>> submit some ideas, that would probably be easiest (For me). :-D
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 26, 2013, at 6:33 PM, Thomas Naughton <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Jeff,
>>>>>
>>>>> We don't have one yet but we can code something up and submit a patch.
>>>>>
>>>>> If useful we could quickly sync up beforehand to ensure we are on the
>>>>> same page. Phone or email, whatever would be easiest.
>>>>>
>>>>> What do you think?
>>>>> --tjn
>>>>>
>>>>> _________________________________________________________________________
>>>>> Thomas Naughton [email protected]
>>>>> Research Associate (865) 576-4184
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 26 Apr 2013, Jeff Squyres (jsquyres) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not aware of any plans to do this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you guys have a patch to submit, perchance? :-D
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Apr 22, 2013, at 6:30 PM, Thomas Naughton <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Nathan & Jeff,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You guys have done some MCA updates lately and we were curious if there
>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>> any plans or thoughts about an enhancement regarding MCA param files.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Briefly speaking, we were curious if there were plans for either having
>>>>>>> project specific MCA param files, or having a generic mca param file
>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>> would use the projects as part of the namespace. I think an example
>>>>>>> would
>>>>>>> help clarify.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We currently change things to have "$HOME/.stci/mca-params.conf". This
>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>> pretty much the only remaining modification we have for OPAL after
>>>>>>> recent
>>>>>>> updates. If there was a way to have something like
>>>>>>> "$HOME/.${project}/mca-params.conf", or
>>>>>>> "$HOME/.mca/${project}-mca-params.conf", it would remove this remaining
>>>>>>> customization we do to OPAL.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This sort of thing seems like it could be a useful if OPAL became
>>>>>>> stand-alone in the future -- it seems like you guys might be moving that
>>>>>>> way?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We didn't know if you guys had plans for anything related to this
>>>>>>> and/or if
>>>>>>> you'd be receptive to changes to support something along this line.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We would be very interested to get your comments/thoughts.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> --tjn
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> _________________________________________________________________________
>>>>>>> Thomas Naughton [email protected]
>>>>>>> Research Associate (865) 576-4184
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Jeff Squyres
>>>>>> [email protected]
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jeff Squyres
>>>> [email protected]
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>>>> http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>
>
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