We did something similar in OpenFOAM by encapsulating our communications routines into a separate shared library which gets loaded through LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
The api of this library does not expose any mpi specifics so for a new MPI version we only have to recompile our small communications library against the new MPI and the rest of the code works as normal. Then we can just use LD_LIBRARY_PATH to pick which communications library to load and hence which mpi to use. On Wednesday 14 January 2009 14:49, Gregory D Abram wrote: > I'd like to release binary libraries that use MPI but are agnostic as to > which flavor or MPI (eg. OpenMPI, MVAPICH, LAM...) that is used by the > application linking the libraries. I've seen that there are some > significant differences that stand in the way, for example that MPI_Comm is > a pointer on OpenMPI and an integer on MVAPICH. I can see some ways that > might work, but they are pretty complex - for example, I could create an > intercept library that loads a real MPI library explicitly and do whatever > needs be done (for example, translating MPI_Comm parameters). Does anyone > know of anything that might help? -- Mattijs Janssens OpenCFD Ltd. 9 Albert Road, Caversham, Reading RG4 7AN. Tel: +44 (0)118 9471030 Email: m.janss...@opencfd.co.uk URL: http://www.OpenCFD.co.uk
