Bug#555714: mpich2: Please add support for blcr

2010-11-11 Thread Pavan Balaji
On 10/24/2010 11:55 AM, Pavan Balaji wrote: On 10/24/2010 11:42 AM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: On 23/10/10 at 12:51 -0500, Pavan Balaji wrote: On 10/23/2010 12:40 PM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: On 11/11/09 at 10:15 -0600, Pavan Balaji wrote: We had a short discussion on this within the MPICH group. We

Bug#555714: mpich2: Please add support for blcr

2010-10-24 Thread Pavan Balaji
On 10/24/2010 11:42 AM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: On 23/10/10 at 12:51 -0500, Pavan Balaji wrote: On 10/23/2010 12:40 PM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: On 11/11/09 at 10:15 -0600, Pavan Balaji wrote: We had a short discussion on this within the MPICH group. We believe that we will be able to modify the c

Bug#555714: mpich2: Please add support for blcr

2010-10-24 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 23/10/10 at 12:51 -0500, Pavan Balaji wrote: > > On 10/23/2010 12:40 PM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > >On 11/11/09 at 10:15 -0600, Pavan Balaji wrote: > >>We had a short discussion on this within the MPICH group. We believe > >>that we will be able to modify the code such that enabling it at > >>con

Bug#555714: mpich2: Please add support for blcr

2010-10-23 Thread Pavan Balaji
On 10/23/2010 12:40 PM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: On 11/11/09 at 10:15 -0600, Pavan Balaji wrote: We had a short discussion on this within the MPICH group. We believe that we will be able to modify the code such that enabling it at configure time should not add any additional performance overhead f

Bug#555714: mpich2: Please add support for blcr

2010-10-23 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
On 11/11/09 at 10:15 -0600, Pavan Balaji wrote: > > We had a short discussion on this within the MPICH group. We believe > that we will be able to modify the code such that enabling it at > configure time should not add any additional performance overhead > for applications that don't need this su

Bug#555714: mpich2: Please add support for blcr

2009-11-19 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
tags 555714 - patch thanks On 11/11/09 at 10:15 -0600, Pavan Balaji wrote: > > We had a short discussion on this within the MPICH group. We believe > that we will be able to modify the code such that enabling it at > configure time should not add any additional performance overhead > for applicat

Bug#555714: mpich2: Please add support for blcr

2009-11-11 Thread Pavan Balaji
We had a short discussion on this within the MPICH group. We believe that we will be able to modify the code such that enabling it at configure time should not add any additional performance overhead for applications that don't need this support. So starting mpich2-1.3, you should be able

Bug#555714: mpich2: Please add support for blcr

2009-11-11 Thread Alan Woodland
Ok, that makes sense to wait for 1.3.x then I guess. I also forgot in my patch to point out that BLCR only exists in Debian for i386, amd64, armel and powerpc. The patch I submitted for OpenMPI which enabled BLCR support did indeed add an extra binary package, openmpi-checkpoint which avoids linki

Bug#555714: mpich2: Please add support for blcr

2009-11-11 Thread Pavan Balaji
On 11/11/2009 06:08 AM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: >> Since BLCR is now in the archive it would be nice if mpich2 was built >> using this library to provide checkpoint support. The attached patch >> enables this at configure time. Ooh, I'd not recommend that for two reasons: 1. BLCR support is expe

Bug#555714: mpich2: Please add support for blcr

2009-11-11 Thread Lucas Nussbaum
Hi Pavan, Are there any implications I should be aware of? L. On 11/11/09 at 11:08 +, Alan Woodland wrote: > Package: mpich2 > Version: 1.2-2 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > > Hi, > > Since BLCR is now in the archive it would be nice if mpich2 was built > using this library to provid

Bug#555714: mpich2: Please add support for blcr

2009-11-11 Thread Alan Woodland
Package: mpich2 Version: 1.2-2 Severity: wishlist Tags: patch Hi, Since BLCR is now in the archive it would be nice if mpich2 was built using this library to provide checkpoint support. The attached patch enables this at configure time. Thanks, Alan -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.