Re: [OMPI devel] some question about OMPI communicationinfrastructure

2009-06-19 Thread Leo P.
Hi jeff, All the information provided here helps me a lot. Thank you, really really really appreciate it. :) Regards, Leo P. From: Jeff Squyres To: Open MPI Developers Sent: Friday, 19 June, 2009 5:05:59 AM Subject: Re: [OMPI devel] some question about

Re: [OMPI devel] some question about OMPI communicationinfrastructure

2009-06-18 Thread Jeff Squyres
A few addendums in no particular order... 1. The ompi/ tree is the MPI layer. It's the top layer in the stack. It uses ORTE and OPAL for various things. 2. The PML (point-to-point messagging layer) is the stuff right behind MPI_SEND, MPI_RECV, and friends. We have two main PMLs: OB1 and