On Mar 21, 2011, at 9:27 PM, Eugene Loh wrote:

> Gustavo Correa wrote:
> 
>> Dear OpenMPI Pros
>> 
>> Is there an MCA parameter that would do the same as the mpiexec switch 
>> '-bind-to-core'?
>> I.e., something that I could set up not in the mpiexec command line,
>> but for the whole cluster, or for an user, etc.
>> 
>> In the past I used '-mca mpi mpi_paffinity_alone=1'.

Must be a typo here - the correct command is '-mca mpi_paffinity_alone 1'

>> But that was before '-bind-to-core' came along.
>> However, my recollection of some recent discussions here in the list
>> is that the latter would not do the same as '-bind-to-core',
>> and that the recommendation was to use '-bind-to-core' in the mpiexec 
>> command line.

Just to be clear: mpi_paffinity_alone=1 still works and will cause the same 
behavior as bind-to-core.


>> 
> A little awkward, but how about
> 
>         --bycore                rmaps_base_schedule_policy  core
>         --bysocket              rmaps_base_schedule_policy  socket
>         --bind-to-core          orte_process_binding        core
>         --bind-to-socket        orte_process_binding        socket
>         --bind-to-none          orte_process_binding        none
> 
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