Update the MX TBL and MTL section.
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@ -204,21 +204,37 @@ base as of this writing (28 Feb 2007):
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http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/users/2006/01/0539.php
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- The MX library limits the maximum message fragment size for both
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on-node and off-node messages. As of MX v1.0.3, the inter-node
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maximum fragment size is 32k, and the intra-node maximum fragment
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size is 16k -- fragments sent larger than these sizes will fail.
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Open MPI automatically fragments large messages; it currently limits
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its first fragment size on MX networks to the lower of these two
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values -- 16k. As such, increasing the value of the MCA parameter
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named "btl_mx_first_frag_size" larger than 16k may cause failures in
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some cases (i.e., when using MX to send large messages to processes
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on the same node); it will cause failures in all cases if it is set
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above 32k. Note that this only affects the *first* fragment of
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messages; latter fragments do not have this size restriction. The
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MCA parameter btl_mx_max_send_size can be used to vary the maximum
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size of subsequent fragments.
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*** JMS fix MX paragraph (George says it's wrong)
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- The MX support is shared between the 2 internal devices, the MTL
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and the BTL. The MTL stand for Message Transport Layer, while the
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BTL stand for Byte Transport Layer. The design of the BTL interface
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in OpenMPI assumes that only naive one-sided communication
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capabilities are provided by the low level communication layers.
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However, modern communication layers such as MX, PSM or Portals,
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natively implement highly-optimized two-sided communication
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semantics. To leverage these capabilities, OpenMPI provides the MTL
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interface to transfer messages rather than bytes.
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The MTL interface implements a shorter code path and let the
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low-level network library decides which protocol to use, depending
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on message length, internal resources and other parameters
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specific to the interconnect used. However, OpenMPI cannot
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currently use multiple MTL at once. In the case of the MX MTL,
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self and shared memory communications are provided by the MX
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library. Moreover, the current MX MTL do not support message
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pipelining resulting in lower performances in case of non
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contiguous data-types.
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In the case of the BTL, MCA parameters allow Open MPI to use our own
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shared memory and self device for increased performance.
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The BTL interface allow multiple devices to be used simultaneously.
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For the MX BTL it is recommended that the first segment (which is
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as a threshold between the eager and the rendez-vous protocol) should
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always be at most 4KB, but there is no further restriction on
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the size of subsequent fragments.
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The MX MTL is recommended in the common case for best performance
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on 10G hardware, when most of the data transfer cover contiguous
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memory layouts. The MX BTL is recommended in all other cases, more
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specifically when using multiple interconnects at the same time
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(including TCP), transferring non contiguous data-types or when
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using DR PML.
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- The OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) software package v1.0
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will not work properly with Open MPI v1.2 (and later) due to how its
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