(fwd) [mvapich-discuss] FW: MVAPICH2 does not run...

[Dhabaleswar Panda]

> 
> Hi Wei
> 
> I am happy to say that I finally got MVAPICH2 to run on our box. Thanks
> a lot to you (and Prof. Panda) for their help and support. The problems
> were mostly on our side. Our hardware is 100% home built and there were
> certain issues in our Linux BSP package that ultimately prevented
> MVAPICH2 to run.

Glad to know that you have been able to resolve problems on your home
built systems and able to successfully run MVAPICH2.

> I still have not tested it on all kinds of hardware that we have, so I
> might be speaking too soon when I said "it works". If I have more
> questions, I might bug you folks again.

Sure. We welcome questions and will be happy to help you.

Thanks, 

DK

> Thanks again.
> 
> Durga
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mvapich-discuss-bounces at cse.ohio-state.edu
> [mailto:mvapich-discuss-bounces at cse.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of wei
> huang
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 6:51 PM
> To: Choudhury, Durga
> Cc: mvapich-discuss at cse.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: RE: (fwd) [mvapich-discuss] FW: MVAPICH2 does not run...
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > We are using both mpich-1.2.7-64bits and mpich2-1.0.2p1-64bits
> 
> So are you building them from source or just use a rebuild version?
> >
> > Unfortunately I don't remember all the details of the change I did
> > (basically I was hacking with the software until the compiler won't
> > break). It were mostly very simple things like path names,
> includepaths
> > and things like that (although I do realize that including/linking
> from
> > the wrong files could be catastrophic, I am pretty sure I did the
> right
> > thing.) There was one major change required, however. The
> "config.guess"
> > file in mvapich2-0.9.2/src/mpe2/src/slog2sdk/ directory failed to
> > recognize the platform. I copied the "config.guess" file in
> > mvapich2-0.9.2/src/mpe/ directory into this directory (which
> recognized
> > the platform as mips64-unknown-gnu-linux) for the configure script to
> > proceed.
> >
> 
> First, do you mean src/mpe2 by src/mpe? Second, I think this part of
> code
> is just from MPICH2. So there is no reason to have configure problem
> here.
> Are you using our default compiling script or you write your own one? I
> think our default scripts goes with --without-mpe. So I believe you are
> using your own script to configure.
> 
> So, would you please let us know the way you configure mpich2, send us
> the
> whole configure log, make log, install log. And would you please send us
> the exact error message you are seeing. Without them it will be very
> difficult to guess what the problem is.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> >
> >
> > > 2. About possible network issues with name resolutions:
> >
> > > Like I said in the original email, the OSU software works fine on
> two
> >
> > > Linux PCs connected back-to-back via Ethernet (i.e. they are not on
> > any
> >
> > > network). So I find it strange that our MIPS64 cluster (which ARE
> >
> > > connected to outside network via front panel Ethernet) would
> complain
> >
> > > about name resolution issues.
> >
> >
> >
> > Again, there may be some problems with your system setup if python
> >
> > gethostname_ex throws exception. You might want to consult your sysadm
> >
> > about this issue.
> >
> >
> >
> > You are probably right; but I am still confused about how this works
> for
> > two back-to-back connected Linux PCs (they don't even run the same
> > Linux; one runs Mandrake and the other runs Fedora Core 4, perhaps
> even
> > the kernel versions are different.) And if you could please explain to
> > me as to why do we care about a name lookup anyway.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks a lot for your help.
> >
> >
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Durga
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Wei Huang
> >
> >
> >
> > 774 Dreese Lab, 2015 Neil Ave,
> >
> > Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering
> >
> > Ohio State University
> >
> > OH 43210
> >
> > Tel: (614)292-8501
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
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