[petsc-users] How can PETSc configure with MSMPI

[Satish Balay]

On Sun, 2 Feb 2014, Satish Balay wrote:

> > > 2. [Unsupported] MPICH you refer to - was the version that worked with
> > > MS/Intel compilers. Eventhough there was a part of this binary install
> > > that was supporsed to work with cygwin/gcc compilers - it never
> > > properly worked.
> > 
> > The MPICH2-1.4 series was the last version that upstream MPICH tested or
> > supported on Windows.  They no longer support that version and they no
> > longer support Windows in any form (no testing, no user support).
> > 
> > http://wiki.mpich.org/mpich/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Q:_Why_can.27t_I_build_MPICH_on_Windows_anymore.3F
> 
> Yes - but that has no bearing on cygwin/gnu compiler usage [which was
> the scope of this discussion]

BTW: We are still using this old MPICH2-1.4 on windows for PETSc
nightly builds [with antique MS compilers]

Satish