Update compat.h to only handle compatability between v1.7/v1.8 and
v1.9/2.0 (i.e., the current trunk). Remove what seems to be the last
vestiages of OMPI/ORTE pollution in the now-OPAL-ized usnic BTL.
Currently use a hard-coded constant for the MCW size (i.e.,
MPI_COMM_WORLD size) for some initialization values in the v1.9/2.0
series; still need to figure out something better there.
This commit was SVN r32365.
Adapt to moving down to OPAL: find a PML-registered error callback,
and use that when we don't have a module context and we need to abort.
Failing that, just call exit().
This commit was SVN r32362.
If --with-usnic is specified and we can't build the usnic BTL, abort.
If --without-usnic is specified, gracefully skip building the usnic
BTL. If neither is specified, do the OMPI-default behavior: try to
configure/build the usnic BTL, and if we can't, skip it.
Fixes CSCuq13889.
This commit was SVN r32349.
WHAT: Open our low-level communication infrastructure by moving all necessary components (btl/rcache/allocator/mpool) down in OPAL
All the components required for inter-process communications are currently deeply integrated in the OMPI layer. Several groups/institutions have express interest in having a more generic communication infrastructure, without all the OMPI layer dependencies. This communication layer should be made available at a different software level, available to all layers in the Open MPI software stack. As an example, our ORTE layer could replace the current OOB and instead use the BTL directly, gaining access to more reactive network interfaces than TCP. Similarly, external software libraries could take advantage of our highly optimized AM (active message) communication layer for their own purpose. UTK with support from Sandia, developped a version of Open MPI where the entire communication infrastucture has been moved down to OPAL (btl/rcache/allocator/mpool). Most of the moved components have been updated to match the new schema, with few exceptions (mainly BTLs where I have no way of compiling/testing them). Thus, the completion of this RFC is tied to being able to completing this move for all BTLs. For this we need help from the rest of the Open MPI community, especially those supporting some of the BTLs. A non-exhaustive list of BTLs that qualify here is: mx, portals4, scif, udapl, ugni, usnic.
This commit was SVN r32317.
