[mpich-discuss] building 64-bit MPICH2 on AIX

[Robert Yelle]

Hello,


Has anybody tried to build 64-bit versions of MPICH2 on an AIX 
platform?  What arguments should one use?  I tried to build a 64-bit 
version of MPICH2 (version 1.0.8) using the following arguments:


 > ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/packages/mpich2/1.0.8_ibm-9.0-11.1_64 
OBJECT_MODE=64 C
C=/usr/vacpp/bin/xlc CXX=/usr/vacpp/bin/xlc++ FC=/bin/xlf F77=/bin/xlf 
F90=/bin/xlf90 CFLA
GS=-q64 FFLAGS=-q64 F90FLAGS=-q64 MPICH2LIB_CFLAGS=-q64 
MPICH2LIB_FFLAGS=-q64 MPICH2LIB_CX
XFLAGS=-q64 MPICH2LIB_F90FLAGS=-q64


Configure works fine, but "make" exits with the following error:


make[3]: Leaving directory 
`/mnt/netapp/packages/src/mpich2-1.0.8/src/binding/cxx'
make[2]: Leaving directory 
`/mnt/netapp/packages/src/mpich2-1.0.8/src/binding'
make[2]: Entering directory `/mnt/netapp/packages/src/mpich2-1.0.8/src/env'
/usr/vacpp/bin/xlc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../include -q64 -O2 -q64 
-I/usr/local/packages/src/mpich2-1.0.8/src/mpid/ch3/include 
-I/usr/local/packages/src/mpich2-1.0.8/src/mpid/ch3/include 
-I/usr/local/packages/src/mpich2-1.0.8/src/mpid/common/datatype 
-I/usr/local/packages/src/mpich2-1.0.8/src/mpid/common/datatype 
-I/usr/local/packages/src/mpich2-1.0.8/src/mpid/common/locks 
-I/usr/local/packages/src/mpich2-1.0.8/src/mpid/common/locks 
-I/usr/local/packages/src/mpich2-1.0.8/src/mpid/ch3/channels/sock/include 
-I/usr/local/packages/src/mpich2-1.0.8/src/mpid/ch3/channels/sock/include 
-I/usr/local/packages/src/mpich2-1.0.8/src/mpid/common/sock 
-I/usr/local/packages/src/mpich2-1.0.8/src/mpid/common/sock 
-I/usr/local/packages/src/mpich2-1.0.8/src/mpid/common/sock/poll 
-I/usr/local/packages/src/mpich2-1.0.8/src/mpid/common/sock/poll -c 
mpich2version.c
/usr/vacpp/bin/xlc -q64 -O2 -q64  -o mpich2version mpich2version.o  \
../../lib/libmpich.a -lpthread          
ld: 0711-204 SEVERE ERROR: Archive file ../../lib/libmpich.a cannot be 
processed.
        The number of archive members (0), specified in the archive member
        table, is less than or equal to 0 or is not consistent with the 
length
        of the member table.
make[2]: *** [mpich2version] Error 12
make[2]: Leaving directory `/mnt/netapp/packages/src/mpich2-1.0.8/src/env'
make[1]: *** [all-redirect] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/netapp/packages/src/mpich2-1.0.8/src'
make: *** [all-redirect] Error 2


The platform is an IBM Power4 running AIX 5.3.  Compilers are IBM xlc 
version 9.0 and xlf version 11.1.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.


Thanks,


Robert Yelle