[mpich-devel] Future of MPE?

[Jeff Hammond]

Thanks for the info.  If I get time to work on MPE, I'll see what I can do about the blocking issues noted below.

Jeff

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pavan Balaji" <balaji at mcs.anl.gov>
> To: devel at mpich.org
> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 5:07:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [mpich-devel] Future of MPE?
> 
> Jeff,
> 
> There are a couple of things to be done in MPE:
> 
> 1. The const bindings need to be added to bring it to MPI-3.  Without
> this, it won't build.
> 
> 2. The new MPI functions need to be added.  This is a lower priority
> if people only need the MPI-2 functionality.
> 
> 3. The tools that come with MPE (e.g., the coll checker) need to be
> updated for MPI-3.  This is also a lower priority if people only
> need MPI-2.
> 
> There is also some more cleanup that's needed (e.g., build system).
> 
> Unfortunately, it's not on our priority list right now, given that
> there are many other MPI-3 features that need improvement.  That's
> taking up all of our development bandwidth.  But if someone is
> willing to work on it, we'll be happy to help out.
> 
>   -- Pavan
> 
> On Oct 15, 2013, at 4:06 PM, Jeff Hammond wrote:
> 
> > What is there to resurrect?  Are you having trouble building MPE?
> >  Why does it need to be distributed with MPICH to be viable?  MPE
> > sits strictly on top of any MPI as far as I know.
> > 
> > I have on my TODO list to migrate the existing HTML docs to
> > http://wiki.mpich.org/mpe/index.php/Main_Page but it's currently
> > in slot 17562 in the priority queue.
> > 
> > Jeff
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Lisandro Dalcin" <dalcinl at gmail.com>
> >> To: "mpich-devel" <devel at mpich.org>
> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 3:42:50 PM
> >> Subject: [mpich-devel] Future of MPE?
> >> 
> >> Is there any plan to resurrect MPE and distribute it within
> >> mpich-3.x
> >> in the near future?
> >> 
> >> --
> >> Lisandro Dalcin
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> > Jeff Hammond
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> > University of Chicago Computation Institute
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> 
> --
> Pavan Balaji
> http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~balaji
> 
> 

-- 
Jeff Hammond
Argonne Leadership Computing Facility
University of Chicago Computation Institute
jhammond at alcf.anl.gov / (630) 252-5381
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