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Ralph Castain 446e33a5d8 There are cases where we want to use the novm state machine, but the backend node topology differs from that where mpirun is executing. In those cases, we can wind up thinking we are oversubscribed because the head node has fewer cores than the compute nodes.
To resolve this situation, add the ability to specify a backend topology file that mpirun shall use for its mapping operations. Create a new "set_topology" function in opal hwloc to support it.

This commit was SVN r28682.
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12 Sep 2011

Notes for hwloc component maintainers:

1. There can only be *1* hwloc version component at a time.
   Specifically: if there are multiple hwlocXYZ components (i.e.,
   different versions of hwloc), then they must all be .ompi_ignore'd
   except for 1.  This is because we currently m4_include all of the
   underlying hwloc's .m4 files -- if there are multiple hwlocXYZ
   components, I don't know if m4 will barf at the multiple,
   conflicting AC_DEFUNs, or whether it'll just do something
   completely undefined.

1a. As a consequence, if you're adding a new hwloc version component,
   you'll need to .ompi_ignore all others while you're testing the new
   one. 

2. If someone wants to fix #1 someday, we might be able to do what we
   do for libevent: OMPI_CONFIG_SUBDIR (instead of slurping in hwloc's
   .m4 files).