[mvapich-discuss] mvapich2-1.9a2 configuration issue

[Jonathan Perkins]

On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 01:38:39PM -0500, Bharath Ramesh wrote:
> On 1/12/2013 1:34 PM, Jonathan Perkins wrote:
> >On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 12:52:24PM -0500, Bharath Ramesh wrote:
> >>I am trying to install mvapich2-1.9a2 on our cluster.
> >>Unfortunately, I am facing an issue building hwloc because at the
> >>configuration stage of hwloc core some of the sizes for various
> >>types are being detected incorrectly. Here is the snippet of the
> >>configure output
> >>
> >>###
> >>### Configuring hwloc core
> >>###
> >>checking hwloc building mode... embedded
> >>configure: hwloc builddir: /home/bramesh/ARC/apps/build/mvapich2-1.9a2/src/pm/hydra/tools/topo/hwloc/hwloc
> >>configure: hwloc srcdir: /home/bramesh/ARC/apps/build/mvapich2-1.9a2/src/pm/hydra/tools/topo/hwloc/hwloc
> >>checking if want hwloc maintainer support... disabled (embedded mode)
> >>checking for hwloc directory prefix... tools/topo/hwloc/hwloc/
> >>checking for hwloc symbol prefix... hwloc_
> >>checking size of void *... 0
> >>checking which OS support to include... Linux
> >>checking which CPU support to include... unknown -- assuming x86_64
> >>checking size of unsigned long... (cached) 8
> >>checking size of unsigned int... 0
> >>checking for the C compiler vendor... gnu
> >>
> >>My configure line is:
> >>
> >>./configure --prefix=$HOME/apps/mvapich2 --enable-shared --with-ib-include=/opt/ofed/ofed/include --with-ib-libpath=/opt/ofed/ofed/lib64 --with-pbs=/opt/torque/torque
> >>
> >>I am not subscribed to the list so would appreciate it if I am
> >>copied on the replies.
> >It looks like hwloc is unable to determine what type of CPU you have.
> >It doesn't look like you're cross-compiling either.  Can you share with
> >us information on your machine such as the CPU, OS, and version of
> >compilers used?  Also please let us know if there is anything that may
> >not be considered standard about your setup.
> The only thing I can image that is different is that I am using a
> separate installation of GCC, not the distribution provided. I have
> never had issues compiling earlier version of mvapich2-1.8.
> >The output from the following commands should work:
> >     uname -a
> >     cat /etc/issue
> >     gcc --version
> $ uname -a
> Linux brbuild 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Jun 22 12:19:21 UTC
> 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> $ cat /etc/issue
> CentOS release 6.3 (Final)
> Kernel \r on an \m
> 
> $ gcc --version
> gcc (GCC) 4.5.3
> Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
> warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
> 
> >We are using an embedded version of hwloc-1.5 for our library.  It may
> >be useful for you to try downloading and building both the 1.5 and 1.6
> >versions of hwloc to see if they suffer from this same issue.
> >
> >http://www.open-mpi.org/software/hwloc/v1.5/
> >http://www.open-mpi.org/software/hwloc/v1.6/
> I will test these two out and get back to you.

Thanks, I didn't see anything alarming in the info you provided from
those commands.

-- 
Jonathan Perkins
http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~perkinjo