HYPRE_BoomerAMG and FEI interface

[Barry Smith]

On Dec 12, 2008, at 1:43 PM, Anirban Chatterjee wrote:

> Does the data have to be in a special format? Because I want to use  
> Hypre's Finite Element Interface to input unstructured meshes.
> Basically, if I format the data in the Hypre FEI format and send it  
> through Petsc with these command line options then will it work.

    If you put the data directly into Hypre via the FEI then there is  
no PETSc involved in the process and so PETSc's command
line options won't work.

    Barry

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>
> Thanks,
> Anirban
>
> Matthew Knepley wrote:
>> -pc_type hypre -pc_hypre_type boomeramg
>>
>>  Matt
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Anirban Chatterjee <achatter at cse.psu.edu 
>>  <mailto:achatter at cse.psu.edu>> wrote:
>>
>>    Hi,
>>
>>    I want to use hypre from petsc. Specifically, how do I use the
>>    BoomerAMG solver in hypre with the Finite Element Interface (FEI)
>>    through petsc?
>>    I have installed petsc along with the hypre package as an external
>>    package.
>>
>>    Thanks,
>>    Anirban
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> What most experimenters take for granted before they begin their  
>> experiments is infinitely more interesting than any results to  
>> which their experiments lead.
>> -- Norbert Wiener
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