[petsc-dev] Zoltan 3.81

[Michael Lange]

On 30/04/15 14:19, Matthew Knepley wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Rhodri Davies 
> <rhodri.davies at anu.edu.au <mailto: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.
Hi Matt,

Unfortunately, Zoltan is used in multiple places in Fluidity, so there 
will still be a dependency overlap for a while. A version update would 
thus be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Michael
>
>   Thanks,
>
>      Matt
>
>     Best wishes,
>
>     Rhodri
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