[mpich-discuss] try to install MPICH2 on SGI under local account
Pavan Balaji
balaji at mcs.anl.gov
Mon May 24 14:49:29 CDT 2010
Your Makefile.in does not match the one in the mpich2-1.2.1p1 release
tarball. Did you clean up your existing directories before installing
the new version?
rm -rf <prefix> mpich2-1.2.1p1
... and start from scratch?
-- Pavan
On 05/24/2010 02:43 PM, Mei, Rui wrote:
> 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
> ________________________________________
> 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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