Re: [OMPI devel] Major revision to the RML/OOB

2006-12-08 Thread Adrian Knoth
On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 11:12:23AM -0500, Jeff Squyres wrote: Hi, > > I therefore suggest to move the OPAL changes into the trunk, > > also the small hostfile code (lex code for IPv6) and the btl code. > Can you describe the changes in opal that were made for IPv6? These changes are limited to t

Re: [OMPI devel] Major revision to the RML/OOB

2006-12-07 Thread Jeff Squyres
On Dec 6, 2006, at 9:59 AM, Adrian Knoth wrote: The concern is that we want to leave open the possibility of putting this revision into 1.2 since it will have a major performance impact on both startup time and the max cluster size we can support. The IP6 code is scheduled for 1.3 and we don

Re: [OMPI devel] Major revision to the RML/OOB

2006-12-06 Thread Adrian Knoth
On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 07:07:42AM -0700, Ralph H Castain wrote: > The concern is that we want to leave open the possibility of putting this > revision into 1.2 since it will have a major performance impact on both > startup time and the max cluster size we can support. The IP6 code is > scheduled

Re: [OMPI devel] Major revision to the RML/OOB

2006-12-06 Thread Ralph H Castain
s truly horrible on dumber > devices, development resources aren't infinite and the > number of cases it will actually win on are limited. > > (It's entirely coincidental that this is a capability > that I actually need. Well, almost!) > > Jonathan Day > >>

Re: [OMPI devel] Major revision to the RML/OOB

2006-12-06 Thread Ralph H Castain
We aren't ignoring your situation, Adrian - Jeff and I are talking about how best to deal with the situation and your offer to help. This revision will indeed see some significant change in the oob/tcp component, mostly in the init and connect procedures. The concern is that we want to leave open

Re: [OMPI devel] Major revision to the RML/OOB

2006-12-05 Thread Adrian Knoth
On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 06:26:26AM -0700, Ralph Castain wrote: > Hello all Hi! > With some luck and (hopefully) not too many conflicting priorities, Jeff > and I may complete this work by Christmas [..] > As always, feel free to comment and/or make suggestions! You wrote a lot about oob, socket

Re: [OMPI devel] Major revision to the RML/OOB

2006-12-04 Thread Jonathan Day
d the number of cases it will actually win on are limited. (It's entirely coincidental that this is a capability that I actually need. Well, almost!) Jonathan Day > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 06:26:26 -0700 > From: Ralph Castain > Subject: [OMPI devel] Major revision to

[OMPI devel] Major revision to the RML/OOB

2006-12-04 Thread Ralph Castain
Hello all If you are interested in the ongoing scalability work, or in the RML/OOB in ORTE, please read on - otherwise, feel free to hit "delete". As many of you know, we have been working towards solving several problems that affect our ability to operate at large scale. Some of the required mod