[mpich-discuss] try to install MPICH2 on SGI under local account

Mon May 24 14:43:16 CDT 2010

Here it is. I really appreciate you and Rajeev are still trying to work out this for me. I do not know where else to search help.
Thanks,

Rui
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From: mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov [mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Pavan Balaji [balaji at mcs.anl.gov]
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 3:40 PM
To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] try to install MPICH2 on SGI under local account

This is bizarre. Can you send me your Makefile.in as well?

Thanks,

  -- Pavan

On 05/24/2010 02:17 PM, Mei, Rui wrote:
> I have also tried the latest version. It's similar error message. I really have no clue now.
>
> Rui
> ________________________________________
> From: mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov [mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Rajeev Thakur [thakur at mcs.anl.gov]
> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 1:58 PM
> To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
> Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] try to install MPICH2 on SGI under local account
>
> You are using MPICH2 1.1, which is an old version. Why don't you try the
> latest, 1.2.1p1.
>
> Rajeev
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov
>> [mailto:mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Mei, Rui
>> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 8:42 AM
>> To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
>> Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] try to install MPICH2 on SGI
>> under local account
>>
>> Hi, Pavan,
>>
>> Here are attached configure log file, make log file and
>> Makefile. And the files required for running MPI are not
>> installed, e.g.,
>> in the /u/home/rum06003/mpi/bin directory, there are only
>> three files: mpiexec.gforker  mpiexec.hydra  pmi_proxy.
>>
>> Thank you very much.
>> Rui
>> ________________________________________
>> From: mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov
>> [mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Pavan Balaji
>> [balaji at mcs.anl.gov]
>> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 10:22 PM
>> To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
>> Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] try to install MPICH2 on SGI
>> under local account
>>
>> It looks like some of the variables in your makefile are not set. Can
>> you send us the top-level config.log and Makefile?
>>
>> Btw, only the documentation didn't get installed. The files
>> required for
>> running MPI applications should already be installed before
>> this error,
>> I think.
>>
>>   -- Pavan
>>
>> On 05/23/2010 07:43 PM, Mei, Rui wrote:
>>> Hi, all,
>>>
>>> Attached is the mi.txt file for your notice. I am
>> desperately hoping to install mpi on this machine for my
>> research model.
>>> I really appreciate your help.
>>>
>>> Rui
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: Mei, Rui
>>> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 8:36 PM
>>> To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
>>> Subject: RE: [mpich-discuss] try to install MPICH2 on SGI
>> under local account
>>> Hi, Pavan,
>>>
>>> Thanks for your help. Now I can pass the configure step but
>> get stuck at the install step while I was executing
>>> 'make install 2>&1 | tee mi.txt'.  Here is the error
>> message. I am looking forward to help from you or someone who can
>>> kindly offer some clues.  Is it because I am under my own
>> account instead of root account?
>>> /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 MPI_Win_set_errhandler.html
>> /www3/MPI_Win_set_errhandler.html
>>> /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file
>> `/www3/MPI_Win_set_errhandler.html': No such file or directory
>>> /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 MPI_Win_set_name.html
>> /www3/MPI_Win_set_name.html
>>> /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file
>> `/www3/MPI_Win_set_name.html': No such file or directory
>>> /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 MPI_Win_start.html
>> /www3/MPI_Win_start.html
>>> /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file
>> `/www3/MPI_Win_start.html': No such file or directory
>>> /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 MPI_Win_test.html /www3/MPI_Win_test.html
>>> /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file
>> `/www3/MPI_Win_test.html': No such file or
>> directory/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 MPI_Win_unlock.html
>> /www3/MPI_Win_unlock.html
>>> /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file
>> `/www3/MPI_Win_unlock.html': No such file or directory
>>> /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 MPI_Win_wait.html /www3/MPI_Win_wait.html
>>> /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file
>> `/www3/MPI_Win_wait.html': No such file or
>> directory/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 MPI_Wtick.html
>> /www3/MPI_Wtick.html
>>> /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file
>> `/www3/MPI_Wtick.html': No such file or directory
>>> /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 MPI_Wtime.html /www3/MPI_Wtime.html
>>> /usr/bin/install: cannot create regular file
>> `/www3/MPI_Wtime.html': No such file or directory
>>> make: *** [install] Error 1
>>> rum06003 at linuxAltix:~/mpich2-1.1>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thank you very much.
>>>
>>> Rui
>>> ____________________________________
>>> From: mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov
>> [mpich-discuss-bounces at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Pavan Balaji
>> [balaji at mcs.anl.gov]
>>> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 7:10 PM
>>> To: mpich-discuss at mcs.anl.gov
>>> Subject: Re: [mpich-discuss] try to install MPICH2 on SGI
>> under local account
>>> Rui,
>>>
>>> MPICH2's current default channel (ch3:nemesis) uses CPU atomic
>>> operations for performance issues. Since these are architecture
>>> specific, some architectures are natively supported and for
>> some others
>>> we need to emulate these atomics (which obviously loses
>> performance).
>>> The two options in such cases are:
>>>
>>> 1. Use the emulated atomic operations by specifying the
>>> --with-atomic-primitives=no option to configure.
>>>
>>> 2. Build MPICH2 with a different channel (ch3:sock) which
>> does not use
>>> these atomic operations by specifying the
>> --with-device=ch3:sock option
>>> to configure.
>>>
>>> The second option might perform a little better amongst the two, but
>>> both options will have some performance penalty compared to
>>> architectures where atomics are natively supported.
>>>
>>>   -- Pavan
>>>
>>> On 05/23/2010 06:02 PM, Mei, Rui wrote:
>>>> Hi, all,
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to install MPICH2-1.2.1 under my local
>> directory on SGI machine with system information"Linux
>> linuxAltix 2.6.5-7.252-sn2 #1 SMP Tue Feb 14 11:11:04 UTC
>> 2006 ia64 ia64 ia64 GNU/Linux" since I do not have the
>> adminstratior access.
>>>> Here is the last portion of message after I executed "
> ./configure --prefix=/home/you/mpich2-install 2>&1 | tee c.txt"
>>>> checking for OpenPA atomic primitive availability... no
>>>> configure: error:
>>>> The nemesis channel was selected yet no native atomic
>> primitives are
>>>> available on this platform.  OpenPA can emulate atomic
>> primitives using
>>>> locks by specifying --with-atomic-primitives=no but
>> performance will be
>>>> very poor.  This override should only be specified for correctness
>>>> testing purposes.
>>>> configure: error: ./configure failed for channels/nemesis
>>>> configure: error: Configure of src/mpid/ch3 failed!
>>>> rum06003 at linuxAltix:~/mpich2-1.2.1> make 2>&1 | tee m.txt
>>>> make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
>>>>
>>>> I wish someone can help me to solve this problem here.
>> Thank you very much.
>>>> Rui
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