Newsgroups: comp.parallel.mpi
From: Yon Han Chong <Y.H.Chong@cranfield.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: MPI for mult-processor Pentium Pros under Linux
Organization: Cranfield University
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 11:28:03 +0100
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Greg Burns wrote:
> 
> In article <53h1bn$950@pr1.plk.af.mil> colella@nimue.plk.af.mil (Shari Colella NumerEx) writes:
> >Hello:
> >
> >Does anyone know of an implementation of MPI that can used on
> >multi-processor Pentium Pros running Linux?  We want an implementation
> >that will use shared memory for this kind of platform.  We currently use
> >MPICH on our network of RISCs and Sparcs, but it doesn't appear to have
> >sh_mem as an option under Linux.  Can any of the current implementations
> >do this, or will we have to wait until this kind of platform is more common?
> 
> LAM 6.1 has a multi-protocol MPI transport that uses shared memory
> within multiprocessors and TCP across the network.  Linux is supported.
> 
> -=-
> Greg Burns                              gdburns@osc.edu
> Ohio Supercomputer Center               http://www.osc.edu/lam.html

But where is LAM 6.1?

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