[mvapich-discuss] 0.9.8 build error

[Gilad Shainer]

As a member in OF I can state that OF stack is mature and production
ready. As DK state below, there are already several big production
clusters that use the OF stack.

Gilad.
 

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[mailto:mvapich-discuss-bounces at cse.ohio-state.edu] On Behalf Of
Dhabaleswar Panda
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 7:45 AM
To: Steve Jones
Cc: bboas at systemfabricworks.com; mvapich-discuss at cse.ohio-state.edu
Subject: Re: [mvapich-discuss] 0.9.8 build error

Steve, 

> > We have tested MVAPICH extensively with VAPI libraries provided by 
> > Mellanox (IBGD, version 1.8.2). During our testing we did not see 
> > these errors. Can you try out with IBGD and let us know the outcome 
> > of your experimentation?
> >
> > Also, as you are aware, the IB community is moving towards 
> > Openfabrics based drivers. I would strongly suggest you to upgrade 
> > your stack with openfabrics gen2 drivers. Please let us know the
outcome.
> 
> i'm aware your sending the message the IB community is moving towards 
> this, but vendors still make the statement it's not mature and they 
> continue to release both their driver stack along side an optimized 
> version of the OF stack.

I am surprised about vendors still making statements about OF stack not
being mature ....

I am aware that several `production' clusters are using the OF stack.
Some more are also being installed. OFED 1.0 and OFED 1.1 releases and
the collaborative efforts by all organizations involved in designing the
OF stack were meant to achieve such `matured production-based'
environments for IB and iWARP.

Might be you can post your above question to OpenFabrics mailing list
and some people can share their experience.

I am also cc'ing this note to Bill Boas, one of the main persons behind
the OF organizations. Also, Matt Lenninger is a member of this list.
Both of them may comment on the `maturity' of the OF stack.

Others in this list (mvapich-discuss) are also welcome to share their
experience and thoughts regarding the maturity of the OF stack.

> so, are you stating that i don't have an option of using the cisco IB 
> driver and OSU MVAPICH 0.9.8?

As Abhinav indicated in his reply earlier, the VAPI interface of MVAPICH
0.9.8 has been tested with Mellanox IBGD 1.8.2. As you have continued to
use MVAPICH with the earlier versions of the Topspin/Cisco stack with
the VAPI interface, there should not be any problem for you to upgrade
and run MVAPICH 0.9.8 with the VAPI interface of the Topspin/Cisco
stack. Since we do have access to this stack, we are not sure about why
you are getting the compiling errors.
Might be you can contact your Cisco representative and they will be able
to extend help.

Best Regards, 

DK

> thanks.
> 
> steve
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