idea at the time, but led to logistical difficulties in importing new
versions of ROMIO:
* We are effectively eliminating the ROMIO file prefix rule hacks in
the ROMIO component, which create symlinks from foo.c to
io_romio_foo.c. In reality, the file name conflict potential will
be small.
* Additionally, we are effectively eliminating the ROMIO function
prefix rule in the ROMIO component. This is another place where
there are generally problems with the merge up new versions of ROMIO
and/or patches from the user community (for their own local builds).
In reality, since other major MPI implementations provides the same
exact symbols, it won't cause any practical problems for users.
In return, we make it ''much'' simpler to apply ROMIO patches to Open
MPI. The problem right now is that any patch will have filenames such
as ad_panfs.c, but Open MPI will only have io_romio_ad_panfs.c, making
things extremely difficult for users. I believe, for example, that
this would make it possible for LANL to have applied their patches
without too much hassle on either their part or our part. It will
also make things easier for OMPI when we/they want to do the next
ROMIO upgrade (this was one of the sources of problems on each
upgrade).
This commit was SVN r17436.
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