Newsgroups: comp.parallel.mpi
From: "tom loos" <tloos@cs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: MPI between Paragon and Power Challenge
Organization: Computer Science, Indiana University
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 17:50:32 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <26723@826498237>

In article <4hv9ko$6o2@murrow.corp.sgi.com>,
Eric Salo <salo@mrjones.engr.sgi.com> wrote:
>...stupid mailer...sorry about that previous post...
>
>> 	I want to get a Paragon to talk with a Power Challenge using MPI.
>> I have just started to look into it and it seems to me that mpirun does not 
>> work the same on both machines.  It looks like SGI's native 64-bit MPI took a 
>> different tack from MPICH by not using config files.  I was wondering
>> if there is a way for a native SGI MPI-based app. to talk with other 
>> architectures, including Paragons or even 32-bit SGI machines.  
>
>I think I'm probably safe in saying that our MPI library will never, ever
>support the Paragon. We currently only have a 64-bit implementation, but a
>32-bit implementation is likely to also be available at some point.
>
>MPICH and/or LAM may or may not be able to provide what you need...
>
>Eric Salo         Silicon Graphics Inc.             "Do you know what the
>(415)933-2998     2011 N. Shoreline Blvd, 7L-802     last Xon said, just
>salo@sgi.com      Mountain View, CA   94043-1389     before he died?"

Thank you for your quick (and unsurprising) response -- I'll use MPICH, then.  

tom



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