[OMPI users] how to install openmpi with a specific gcc

2008-09-25 Thread Shafagh Jafer
Hi! on my system the default gcc is 2.95.3. For openmpi i have installed gcc-3.4.6 but i kept the default gcc to stay gcc-2.95.3. Now, how can I configure/install openmpi with gcc-3.4.6?what options should i give when configuring it so that it doesnt go and pick upt the dafault 2.95.3 ???

[OMPI users] which -lmpi is picked?

2008-09-25 Thread Shafagh Jafer
I have multiple MPIs so I want to know which -lmpi is picked up by the openmpi wrapper compilres? How can I find out the source path of libmpi.so ??

Re: [OMPI users] mca:base:select:( ess) No component selected!

2008-09-25 Thread Ralph Castain
FWIW: doing it this way locks you to bash. What you could do instead is using ompi_prefix, and then add the other libraries via orte_launch_agent. The reason I suggest this is that ompi_prefix will cause the ssh launcher to check which shell is being invoked on the remote end, and automatic

Re: [OMPI users] Problem with MPI_Send and MPI_Recv

2008-09-25 Thread Sofia Aparicio Secanellas
I have tried with two computers linux with the same kernel (2.6.22-15-generic) and I got the same problem. I do not understand what happens. Sofia - Original Message - From: "Sofia Aparicio Secanellas" To: "Open MPI Users" Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 5:53 PM Subject: Re: [

Re: [OMPI users] Compiling for portability to non-mpi systems.

2008-09-25 Thread Jeff Squyres
The plugin idea is a good one, and probably your best option (e.g., have an MPI plugin and a non-MPI plugin). FWIW, plugins are the foundation of Open MPI -- we determine which functionality is available at run-time by opening plugins and querying them. Plugins generally do one of the fol

Re: [OMPI users] Compiling for portability to non-mpi systems.

2008-09-25 Thread jody
I don't think there is an Open-MPI based solution for this. I would probably to the following: - place all functions using MPI calls into a separate module and create a shared-object dynamic library (so file). - create another .so file which contains the non-MPI equivalents of those functions At

[OMPI users] Compiling for portability to non-mpi systems.

2008-09-25 Thread Ali Copey
Hello, We have created a piece of software that is designed to work under a variety of conditions, one of which is using MPI. This application will preferably us a single executable and then load the mpi communications interface as a library at runtime, however adding this functionality by com