Re: [OMPI users] deprecated MCA parameter

2012-08-28 Thread Jeff Squyres
Ralph and I talked about this -- it seems like we should extend the help message. If there is no replacement for the param, it should say that. If there is a replacement, it should be listed. We'll take this as a feature enhancement. On Aug 28, 2012, at 9:23 AM, jody wrote: > Thanks Ralph >

Re: [OMPI users] deprecated MCA parameter

2012-08-28 Thread jody
Thanks Ralph I renamed the parameter in my script, and now there are no more ugly messages :) Jody On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 3:17 PM, Ralph Castain wrote: > Ah, I see - yeah, the parameter technically is being renamed to > "orte_rsh_agent" to avoid having users need to know

Re: [OMPI users] deprecated MCA parameter

2012-08-28 Thread Ralph Castain
Ah, I see - yeah, the parameter technically is being renamed to "orte_rsh_agent" to avoid having users need to know the internal topology of the code base (i.e., that it is in the plm framework and the rsh component). It will always be there, though - only the name is changing to protect the

Re: [OMPI users] deprecated MCA parameter

2012-08-28 Thread Ralph Castain
Guess I'm confused - what is the issue here? The param still exists: MCA plm: parameter "plm_rsh_agent" (current value: , data source: default value, synonyms: pls_rsh_agent, orte_rsh_agent) The command used to launch

[OMPI users] deprecated MCA parameter

2012-08-28 Thread jody
Hi In order to open a xterm for each of my processes i use the MCA parameter 'plm_rsh_agent' like this: mpirun -np 5 -hostfile allhosts-mca plm_base_verbose 1 -mca plm_rsh_agent "ssh -Y" --leave-session-attached xterm -hold -e ./MPIProg Without the option ' -mca plm_rsh_agent "ssh -Y"' i