[petsc-users] output parallel matrix

Jed Brown jedbrown at mcs.anl.gov
Thu May 31 13:42:29 CDT 2012


On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 1:40 PM, recrusader <recrusader at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am sorry that I didn't explain my purpose clearly.
> The reason I output the matrix is to reformat the matrix since I need to
> import the matrix to another program.
> Therefore, I need to first output the matrix and reformat it using other
> codes.
> if I output the matrix using PETSc Binary format, I need to find a method
> to import it to that program not using MatLoad.
>

Why not have the other program use MatLoad()?


This business of writing the matrix to disk as part of your workflow is
going to be a constant source of pain, limiting scalability, making
everything slow, and limiting what methods you can use.
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