The Open MPI project has a framework called carto, which is used to represent the physical topology of a host:
http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/devel/2008/01/2972.php See the OnHostTopologyDescription page, and also the attachment: https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/ompi/wiki/OnHostTopologyDescription http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/devel/att-2972/carto_framework_requirements.pdf I've also mentioned the Locality Group API and MPO to the Open MPI list last week. Rayson _______________________________________________ perf-discuss mailing list perf-discuss@opensolaris.org