[MPICH] Windows distrib and Myrinet questions

[Patrick Gräbel]

Thanks for your answers!

Scott Atchley mentioned that MPICH2-MX (beta) is available. Does he mean
"nemesis:mx" or something else (like a MPICH2 branch or a different
communication device)?

Greetings,
Patrick.

Jayesh Krishna schrieb:
> Hi,
>  To use the shared memory channel on windows specify "-channel shm" as an
> argument to the mpiexec command (Refer to the windows developer's guide
> available at http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/mpi/mpich/ for more details).
>  MPICH2 on windows currently supports sock (tcp socket), shm (shared memory)
> & ssm (sockets & shared memory) channels. Currently support for Myrinet is
> not available on windows. However on linux you can use the nemesis channel
> in MPICH2 (configure with nemesis:mx) to use Myrinet.
>  We are planning to port nemesis to Windows in future (tentative date should
> be mid next year) and then Myrinet support would be available on windows.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Jayesh
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> Subject: [MPICH] Windows distrib and Myrinet questions
> 
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Does the MPICH2 Windows binary distribution (installer file) communicate via
> sock only? Do I have to compile it by myself to get local communication use
> shared memory?
> 
> What's the status on Myrinet support for MPICH2? Am I able to use it with
> ordinary PCs if I buy a PICe Myrinet NIC, suitable cables and switches? Is
> it that simple?
> 
> Greetings,
> Patrick.
> 
> 
>