Hardware Locality Development Mailing List Archives

Subject: Re: [hwloc-devel] [RFC] I/O objects in level
From: Samuel Thibault (samuel.thibault_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-08-22 06:14:30

• Next message: MPI Team: "[hwloc-devel] Create success (hwloc r1.3a1r3640)"
• Previous message: Brice Goglin: "[hwloc-devel] [RFC] I/O objects in level"
• Maybe in reply to: Brice Goglin: "[hwloc-devel] [RFC] I/O objects in level"

Brice Goglin, le Mon 22 Aug 2011 11:18:31 +0200, a écrit :
> * Several internal functions need special care for this new special depths

You mean the switches that the patch adds? I does not look a problem to
me.

> * The bridge levels contains objects that may be parent/child of each other

That should not be a problem, as long as existing applications (which
shouldn't be using negative levels anyway) do not reach them
unexpectedly.

So I'd be rather for the change.

Samuel

• Next message: MPI Team: "[hwloc-devel] Create success (hwloc r1.3a1r3640)"
• Previous message: Brice Goglin: "[hwloc-devel] [RFC] I/O objects in level"
• Maybe in reply to: Brice Goglin: "[hwloc-devel] [RFC] I/O objects in level"