Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: hzhou@cs.utk.edu (Honbo Zhou)
Subject: Re: Shared memory and multiprocessor
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Date: 30 Jun 1994 14:36:06 -0400
Message-ID: <2uv3amINNodb@duncan.cs.utk.edu>

In article <1994Jun30.093028.66958@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> pdaalwyk@shannon.tisl.ukans.edu (Patrick Daalwyk) writes:
>Can anyone tell me if it's possible for PVM3.3.0 to work with shared memory
>and semaphores in a multiprocessor-environment ?

PVM3.3.0 does work with shared memory on many multiprocessor platforms from SUN,
SGI, etc. but not with semaphore since it is slow.

You may want to have a look at Readme.mp in ~/pvm3.

>And if it's possible, can anyone give me a few tips on how to implement it in C?
>
>I want my program to start several tasks that all do a specific piece of the
>work on different processors.

PVM3.3.0 shared memory works only when there is such a support in the multiprocessor 
system.

>Thanks in advance.
>
>Patrick Daalwyk

Honbo

