Oh I can configure and make just fine - I have nl installed on my machines. The problem was hit by our folks at Intel, who didn’t have libnl and it didn’t kick out. So far as they tell me (as of 2 minutes ago), it still doesn’t, though I’ll double-check with them.
> On Dec 9, 2014, at 1:59 PM, Howard Pritchard <hpprit...@gmail.com> wrote: > > HI Ralph, > > Jeff fixed this in c40fd09. That's the problem I hit, in addition to > later not having psm_infinipath. After that commit,and commit cd0a54d > you should be able to config and make again. > > Howard > > > > > > > 2014-12-09 13:45 GMT-08:00 Ralph Castain <r...@open-mpi.org > <mailto:r...@open-mpi.org>>: > Just as an FYI: we discovered that libfabric requires libnl, and that the > configure logic doesn’t kick you out if libnl isn’t found - you just fail > during compile. > > > > On Dec 9, 2014, at 6:29 AM, Jeff Squyres (jsquyres) <jsquy...@cisco.com > > <mailto:jsquy...@cisco.com>> wrote: > > > > As I mentioned on the call a week ago, the usnic BTL has been updated to > > use libfabric (instead of verbs). > > > > What is libfabric? > > --> Think of it as a "next generation verbs" -- it's OS-bypass networking > > for a wide range of network hardware, and libfabric contains many more > > capabilities than the verbs API. libfabric is being developed by most the > > same people who initially developed verbs; it's not in competition with > > verbs -- it's a true "next generation" effort. See > > http://ofiwg.github.io/libfabric/ <http://ofiwg.github.io/libfabric/> for > > more detail. > > > > Why should anyone care? > > --> The usnic BTL has been updated to use libfabric. I have therefore > > removed all usnic-specific code from the verbs parts of the OMPI code base > > (e.g., opal/mca/common). Additionally, there will shortly be another > > commit that introduces another OMPI network device that uses libfabric. > > > > Did you really just embed libfabric in opal/common/libfabric? > > --> Yes -- but this is temporary. libfabric isn't v1.0 yet -- there aren't > > libfabric tarballs being distributed. Hence, other than git-cloning the > > libfabric github repo, you can't easily build OMPI against libfabric. So > > we are temporarily embedding a copy of libfabric in OMPI, partly for > > convenience, and partly because the libfabric API is still changing > > slightly -- we need a stable libfabric stake in the ground against which to > > build the usnic and other components. We'll update the embedded libfabric > > periodically to keep up with its development (e.g., I just did, earlier > > this morning). We anticipate removing the embedded copy of libfabric at > > some point in the future. > > > > Whoa; I'm getting a slew of -pedantic warnings when compiling libfabric! > > --> Yeah, sorry about that. :-( I added a pragma this morning that should > > remove some of them, but there's still a bunch of -pedantic warnings when > > you compile opal/mca/common/libfabric. We're working with libfabric > > upstream to get them fixed. Stay tuned. > > > > -- > > Jeff Squyres > > jsquy...@cisco.com <mailto:jsquy...@cisco.com> > > For corporate legal information go to: > > http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/ > > <http://www.cisco.com/web/about/doing_business/legal/cri/> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > devel mailing list > > de...@open-mpi.org <mailto:de...@open-mpi.org> > > Subscription: http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel > > <http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel> > > Link to this post: > > http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/devel/2014/12/16468.php > > <http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/devel/2014/12/16468.php> > > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > de...@open-mpi.org <mailto:de...@open-mpi.org> > Subscription: http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel > <http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel> > Link to this post: > http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/devel/2014/12/16480.php > <http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/devel/2014/12/16480.php> > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > de...@open-mpi.org > Subscription: http://www.open-mpi.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/devel > Link to this post: > http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/devel/2014/12/16482.php
