Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: Carsten Trinitis <carsten@hsa.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de>
Subject: Re: SUNMP Slaves processes become <defunct>
Organization: Technical University of Munich
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 18:18:14 +0100
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Paul Buettiker wrote:
> 
> Dear PVM3 wizards
> 
> Please excuse if this is a FAQ:
> 
> I installed pvm3.3.10 on a Sparcserver 1000 with two CPU's (ARCH=SUNMP).
> 
> When running the example "master1" (in the directory ~/pvm3/examples) the
> slave1 programs become <defunct> and will not disappear until I halt pvm.

I have encountered similar problems. It seemed to be ok when using the
SUNMP machine as the PVM master or when using it as a SUN4SOL2
slave (which does not make full use of the 2 CPUs of course).
Anyway, how do I have to set up a SUNMP machine in order to fully
use both CPUs? Is it sufficient to just specify a SUNMP
architecture or do I have to spawn 2 tasks (like e.g. on a
PowerChallenge, however, this did not work on a SUNMP 
machine, maybe due to memory collision?) ?

Thanks
  Carsten

