[mpich-discuss] Compiling mpich2 for use with slurm.

[Ashley Pittman]

Hi,

I've been trying to compile an mpich2 library I can use with slurm, the
FAQ page on this seems to be incorrect.

http://wiki.mcs.anl.gov/mpich2/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Q:_How_do_I_use_MPICH2_with_slurm.3F

I have included the output below but basically "none" doesn't appear to
be a valid pm.

I was however able to run a standard MPICH2 library with slurm by
following the instructions on the slurm web site (simply adding -lpmi to
the application compile line).

https://computing.llnl.gov/linux/slurm/mpi_guide.html#mpich2

Ashley,

[ashley at cloud0 mpich2-1.1.1p1]$ ./configure --with-pmi=slurm
--with-pm=none
Configuring MPICH2 version 1.1.1p1 with  '--with-pmi=slurm'
'--with-pm=none'
Running on system: Linux cloud0 2.6.21.7-2.fc8xen #1 SMP Fri Feb 15
12:39:36 EST 2008 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
Executing mpich2prereq
in /mnt/home/ashley/mpich2/mpich2-1.1.1p1/src/mpid/ch3 with 
Executing mpich2prereq
in /mnt/home/ashley/mpich2/mpich2-1.1.1p1/src/mpid/ch3/channels/nemesis
configure: WARNING: /mnt/home/ashley/mpich2/mpich2-1.1.1p1/src/pm/none
does not exist. PM is unknown
configure: error: Aborting configure because an error was seen in the
selection of process managers
[ashley at cloud0
mpich2-1.1.1p1]$ls /mnt/home/ashley/mpich2/mpich2-1.1.1p1/src/pm/    
Makefile.in  Makefile.sm  gforker  hydra  mpd  remshell  smpd  util
[ashley at cloud0 mpich2-1.1.1p1]$ 

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Ashley Pittman, Bath, UK.

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