[petsc-dev] Zoltan 3.81

[Matthew Knepley]

On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Rhodri Davies <rhodri.davies at anu.edu.au>
wrote:

>  Dear Devs,
>
>  Would it be possible for you to update the version of Zoltan packaged
> with PETSc to version 3.8.1? This version upgrades Zoltan's interface to
> ParMETIS v4 and Scotch v6, which are the versions of these libraries that
> PETSc currently defaults to.
>

I can do this when I get home. Note that we are not really using this in
PETSc now, do you could just install it if you want.


> On a related note, is there currently a way to pass the Zoltan configure
> flag “ -enable-f90interface", to the zoltan build, through PETSc? In
> Fluidity, we currently depend on these fortran interfaces (.mod files), so
> this option would be highly desirable for us. If it’s not currently
> possible, could you add an optional “--with-zoltan-fortran-interfaces” to
> PETSc configure?
>

Yes, this is easy to pass. Note that Michael Lange has recently done some
great work on expanding
Fluidity to use DMPlex for PETSc for dynamic rebalancing. Have you talked
to him? I think it will be
ready in Fluidity later this year.

  Thanks,

     Matt


> Best wishes,
>
>  Rhodri
>
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