Re: [OMPI devel] About Marshalling and Umarshalling

2012-11-05 Thread N.M. Maclaren
On Nov 5 2012, Ralph Castain wrote: We adhere to the MPI standard, so we expect the user in such an instance to define a datatype that reflects the structure they are trying to send. We will then do the voodoo to correctly send that data in a heterogeneous environment, and pass the data back

Re: [OMPI devel] About Marshalling and Umarshalling

2012-11-05 Thread Jeff Squyres
On Nov 5, 2012, at 10:13 AM, Ralph Castain wrote: > We adhere to the MPI standard, so we expect the user in such an instance to > define a datatype that reflects the structure they are trying to send. We > will then do the voodoo to correctly send that data in a heterogeneous > environment, and

Re: [OMPI devel] About Marshalling and Umarshalling

2012-11-05 Thread Ralph Castain
disassembling them on > arrival into an equivalent representation at the destination > > Santhosh > > From: devel-boun...@open-mpi.org [mailto:devel-boun...@open-mpi.org] On > Behalf Of Paul Hargrove > Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2012 8:10 PM > To: Open MPI Developers >

Re: [OMPI devel] About Marshalling and Umarshalling

2012-11-04 Thread Santhosh Kokala
...@open-mpi.org [mailto:devel-boun...@open-mpi.org] On Behalf Of Paul Hargrove Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2012 8:10 PM To: Open MPI Developers Subject: Re: [OMPI devel] About Marshalling and Umarshalling Santhosh, I think Ralph wants you to give your definitions for "Marshlling" and &qu

Re: [OMPI devel] About Marshalling and Umarshalling

2012-11-04 Thread Paul Hargrove
el-boun...@open-mpi.org] *On > Behalf Of *Ralph Castain > *Sent:* Sunday, November 04, 2012 7:46 PM > *To:* Open MPI Developers > *Subject:* Re: [OMPI devel] About Marshalling and Umarshalling > > ** ** > > Could you provide a little more definition of your terms? Just w

Re: [OMPI devel] About Marshalling and Umarshalling

2012-11-04 Thread Santhosh Kokala
MPI Developers Subject: Re: [OMPI devel] About Marshalling and Umarshalling Could you provide a little more definition of your terms? Just want to ensure we are talking the same language as I don't immediately see the relationship between these three questions. On Nov 4, 2012, at 6:

Re: [OMPI devel] About Marshalling and Umarshalling

2012-11-04 Thread Ralph Castain
Could you provide a little more definition of your terms? Just want to ensure we are talking the same language as I don't immediately see the relationship between these three questions. On Nov 4, 2012, at 6:19 PM, Santhosh Kokala wrote: > Hi All, > Does OpenMPI support Marshalling/Unmarshall

[OMPI devel] About Marshalling and Umarshalling

2012-11-04 Thread Santhosh Kokala
Hi All, Does OpenMPI support Marshalling/Unmarshalling? If so does it use ideal style language? If not how does it support heterogenous hosts? Santhosh