[mvapich-discuss] Questions about compiling MVAPICH2

[Sayantan Sur]

Hello,

* On Jan,3 Bas van der Vlies<basv at sara.nl> wrote :
> 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.


Thanks for letting us know this. We will fix this, so that users on
Debian don't see this problem.

Thanks,
Sayantan.

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