[MPICH] linking libmpich.a into .so

[Ashley Pittman]

On Tue, 2008-02-19 at 09:52 -0800, chong tan wrote:
>   I have problem linking 64 libmpich.a into a .so object, in 64 bit
> linux.   Suprisingly, I can do that with 32 bit libmpich.a.
>  
> My question is, have anyone try building libmpich.a with -fPIC, what
> kind of perofrmance degration can be expected with 
> -fPIC flag ?

I think this is a misconception, shared libs and dynamic libs have
offered identical performance, to the extent that you can measure, for a
good number of years now.

Ashley,