<div class="gmail_extra">I encountered several reliability issues (seg-faults and bad error handling) years ago around the time the interface first went in, and have only tried it a few times since. Thanks for the updated perspective, Garth.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Barry Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bsmith@mcs.anl.gov" target="_blank">bsmith@mcs.anl.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Thanks for the info. It is unlikely we will drop MUMPS but we should likely robustly our interface with PaStiX. In particular with the hybrid threads-MPI PETSc stuff Shri and Jed are working on the hybrid PaStiX fits naturally. So any patches you wish to submit for the PETSc-PaStiX interface or ideas on how to improve/extend it are appreciated. The honest truth is that currently it is pretty much an unattended baby and a little love would help it.</blockquote>
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