[petsc-users] Using SuperLU_Dist with petsc-3.0.0-p12: Necessary to use -pc_type lu ??

[Satish Balay]

On Tue, 25 Jan 2011, Matthew Knepley wrote:

> > Also there was a bug when using SuperLU_Dist along with -ksp_view in
> > petsc-3.1p5. I dont have the same problem when using petsc-3.0.0-p12 . Are
> > there any reported problems when using petsc-3.0.0p12
> > with SuperLU_Dist
> 
> 
> None that I know of.

Wrt petc-3.0.0 - that version of superlu might be susceptible to hangs
in certain cases.

Wrt petsc-3.1 - the latest patchlevel [petsc-3.1p7] should have the
fix for -ksp_view


Satish