Newsgroups: comp.parallel.mpi
From: gdburns@osc.edu (Greg Burns)
Subject: Re: Q: MT LAM/MPI programs and signals
Organization: Ohio Supercomputer Center
Date: 11 Oct 1996 11:44:06 -0400
Message-ID: <53lq06$fmq@tbag.osc.edu>

In article <325E15C0.167E@mathpool.uni-augsburg.de> Lothar Thum <thum@mathpool.uni-augsburg.de> writes:
>
>My question is: Is SIGTERM really the symbolic signal number that
>                corresponds to LAM_SIGUDIE ?
>                Or doesn't MPIL_Signal use signals at all ???

LAM uses one UNIX signal, SIGUSR1, to preempt processes.  In handling
this UNIX signal, LAM processes contact the local LAM daemon for
a LAM signal and then act upon it accordingly.

Threads are likely to be the cornerstone feature of LAM 6.2, but that
is several months away.

-=-
Greg Burns				gdburns@osc.edu
Ohio Supercomputer Center		http://www.osc.edu/lam.html

