Actually, Jeff is incorrect.  As of Open MPI 1.1, we do support endian
conversion between peers.  It has not been as well tested as the rest of
the code base, but it should work.  Please let us know if you have any
issues with that mode and we'll work to resolve them.

Brian


On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 06:36 -0400, Jeff Squyres wrote:
> Open MPI does not yet support endian conversion between peers in a single
> MPI job.  It's on the to-do list, but it's been a lower priority than some
> other features and issues.
> 
> 
> 
> On 8/30/06 4:12 AM, "Eng. A.A. Isola" <alfonso.is...@tin.it> wrote:
> 
> > Hi everybody,
> >  
> >                I got one doudt in OPEN-MPI. Suppose, if
> > i 
> > run the application on different systems with different data formats
> > (little-endian & big endian)...Willl OPEN-MPI converts from little
> > endian 
> > to big-endian(if it is sending data from for eg, Linux Pc &
> > Solaris)....
> > 
> > If it isn't able to do this, it will be able in the
> > future releases? (is in your to do list?)
> >  
> > Thanking u for ur response,
> >  
> > A.A. Isola
> > 
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