[mvapich-discuss] Questions about compiling MVAPICH2

[Bas van der Vlies]

Sayantan Sur wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> * On Jan,1 Bas van der Vlies<basv at sara.nl> wrote :
>> Hello,
>>
>>  I am trying to compile the 0.9.8 version of MVAPICH2. The previous 
>> version we could compile without any problems.
>>
>> Our operating system is: Debian Sarge
>>
>> Here are the questions:
>>   - libumad is required now ( I could not found a deb package for it). 
>> I have download the openib 1.1 source and build the libumad and 
>> libcommon from source is this the right version or must we use another one?
> 
> Thanks for bringing this to our attention!
> 
> AFAIK, as long as all the IB code is from one repository (e.g.
> OFED-1.1), it is fine. I'm wondering if the other sources you have
> installed are also from OFED-1.1?
> 
I only installed libumad and libverbs was the one that i already 
installed.  I did not encounter any problems.

>>  - the package did not compile see error below. We comment the mem* 
>> functions and everything compiled smoothly:
>> +568
>> #if __STD_C
>> /* HvB en HvW
>> void* memset(void*, int, size_t);
>> void* memcpy(void*, const void*, size_t);
>> */
> 
> So, after applying this patch, MVAPICH2 compiles fine and MPI programs
> are working fine for you?
> 
Without the patch i could not compile the source. We have successfully 
run a simple hello world program on a single node.

Regards

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