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updated with fca component info

This commit was SVN r23541.
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Mike Dubman 2010-08-02 12:21:29 +00:00
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NEWS
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@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ Trunk (not on release branches yet)
OPAL levels - intended for use when configuring without MPI support OPAL levels - intended for use when configuring without MPI support
- Modified paffinity system to provide warning when bindings result in - Modified paffinity system to provide warning when bindings result in
being "bound to all", which is equivalent to "not bound" being "bound to all", which is equivalent to "not bound"
- Added "fca" collective component which enables Voltaire switches to
offload significant parts of collective communication onto the switching fabric
See http://www.voltaire.com/Products/Application_Acceleration_Software/voltaire_fabric_collective_accelerator_fca
for details.
1.5 1.5
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@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ Detailed Open MPI v1.5 Feature List:
- Performance improvements - Performance improvements
- Support for hierarchical collectives (must be activated - Support for hierarchical collectives (must be activated
manually; see below) manually; see below)
- Support for Voltaire FCA (Fabric Collective Accelerator) technology
o Miscellaneous o Miscellaneous
- MPI 2.1 compliant - MPI 2.1 compliant
@ -449,6 +450,13 @@ Collectives
We would appreciate feedback from the user community about how well We would appreciate feedback from the user community about how well
hierarch works for your applications. hierarch works for your applications.
- The "fca" coll component: Voltaire Fabric Collective Accelerator (FCA)
is a solution for offloading collective operations from the MPI process
onto Voltaire QDR InfiniBand switch CPUs.
See http://www.voltaire.com/Products/Application_Acceleration_Software/voltaire_fabric_collective_accelerator_fca
for details.
Network Support Network Support
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@ -789,6 +797,13 @@ for a full list); a summary of the more commonly used ones follows:
--with-threads; this is currently disabled by default. Enabling --with-threads; this is currently disabled by default. Enabling
this feature will automatically --enable-opal-multi-threads. this feature will automatically --enable-opal-multi-threads.
--with-fca=<directory>
Specify the directory where the Voltaire FCA library and
header files are located.
FCA is the support library for Voltaire QDR switches.
--enable-opal-multi-threads --enable-opal-multi-threads
Enables thread lock support in the OPAL and ORTE layers. Does Enables thread lock support in the OPAL and ORTE layers. Does
not enable MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE - see above option for that feature. not enable MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE - see above option for that feature.