Re: [hwloc-users] Machine nodes in hwloc topology

2018-02-05 Thread Brice Goglin
Yes, one and only one, the top-level root object of the topology. This is somehow implied by the doc of HWLOC_OBJ_MACHINE itself ("The root object type"), I guess I should make it even more clear there? If there's another place in the doc where this should be added/clarified, please let me know.

Re: [hwloc-users] Machine nodes in hwloc topology

2018-02-05 Thread Madhu, Kavitha Tiptur
Hi Thanks for the response. Could you also confirm if hwloc topology object would have only machine node? Thanks, Kavitha On Feb 5, 2018, at 4:14 PM, Brice Goglin > wrote: Hello, Oops, sorry, this sentence is obsolete, I am removing it

Re: [hwloc-users] Machine nodes in hwloc topology

2018-02-05 Thread Brice Goglin
Hello, Oops, sorry, this sentence is obsolete, I am removing it from the doc right now. We don't support the assembly of multiple machines in a single hwloc topology anymore. For the record, this feature was a very small corner case and it had important limitations (you couldn't bind things or

[hwloc-users] Machine nodes in hwloc topology

2018-02-05 Thread Madhu, Kavitha Tiptur
Hi I have a question on topology query. The hwloc 2.0.0 documentation states that "Additionally it may assemble the topologies of multiple machines into a single one so as to let applications consult the topology of an entire fabric or cluster at once.”. Since “system” object type has been