Newsgroups: comp.parallel.mpi
From: salo@mrjones.engr.sgi.com (Eric Salo)
Subject: Re: MPI between Paragon and Power Challenge
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA
Date: 10 Mar 1996 19:13:28 GMT
Message-ID: <4hv9ko$6o2@murrow.corp.sgi.com>

...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?"

