On Feb 7, 2014, at 7:52 AM, Nathan Hjelm <hje...@lanl.gov> wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 07:46:03AM -0800, Ralph Castain wrote:
>> The issue in 1.7 is all the cross-integration, which means we violate our 
>> normal behavior when it comes to no-building and user-directed component 
>> selection. Jeff and I just discussed how this could be resolved using the 
>> PML-BTL model, but (a) that is not what we have in 1.7, and (b) it isn't 
>> clear to me how hard it will be to do, and when it might be ready.
>> 
>> However, we don't have the problem of incorrect results that we do in the 
>> trunk, so we do have a little more latitude.
>> 
>> So the situation with respect to 1.7 is pretty clear: if we can get a 
>> PML-BTL model in place within the next week, then we can let things continue 
>> as-is. If we can't, then we remove the coll/ml component and the bcol 
>> framework from 1.7, leaving the door open to reinstatement whenever the code 
>> is actually ready.
> 
> Should be ready today. The use of that coll/ml structure is unnecessary
> at this time. I am removing it in bcol right now. In the future we will
> put in a better fix but this should work for 1.7.x/1.8.x.

Kewl - thanks!

> 
> -Nathan
> _______________________________________________
> devel mailing list
> de...@open-mpi.org
> http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel

Reply via email to