Parallel petsc with external UMFPACK

[Lars Rindorf]

Hi 
 
I'm thinking about using petsc to solve a linear system (Ax=b) using
parallelization on a couple of linux computers. It is very important for
my system (electromagnetics) to use a direct solver, such as UMFPACK.
Iterative solvers perform very poorly. 
 
My question is:  I can see that UMFPACK is not listed
(http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/petsc/petsc-2/documentation/linearsolvertab
le.html) on the petsc page. Are there any plans to expand petsc to also
include petsc?
 
The UMFPACK homepage says that there exist a parallization for UMFPACK
by Steve Hadfield. Can his parallelization be used with petsc?
 
I must add, that although I like numerics and maths I do not intend to
program 'from scratch'. 
 
Kind regards
Lars Rindorf
 

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Lars Rindorf
M.Sc., Ph.D.  

http://www.dti.dk <http://www.teknologisk.dk/> 

Danish Technological Institute
Gregersensvej

2630 Taastrup

Denmark
Phone +45 72 20 20 00

 
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