can you update me with the mapping or the way to get it from the OS on the Cell.

thanks


On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 8:08 PM, Mi Yan <miyan@us.ibm.com> wrote:

Lenny,

Thanks.
I asked the Cell/BE Linux Kernel developer to get the CPU mapping :) The mapping is fixed in current kernel.


Mi
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According to https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/ompi/milestone/Open%20MPI%201.3 very soon,
but you can download trunk version http://www.open-mpi.org/svn/ and check if it works for you.

how can you check mapping CPUs by OS , my cat /proc/cpuinfo shows very little info
# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
cpu : Cell Broadband Engine, altivec supported
clock : 3200.000000MHz
revision : 48.0 (pvr 0070 3000)

processor : 1
cpu : Cell Broadband Engine, altivec supported
clock : 3200.000000MHz
revision : 48.0 (pvr 0070 3000)

processor : 2
cpu : Cell Broadband Engine, altivec supported
clock : 3200.000000MHz
revision : 48.0 (pvr 0070 3000)

processor : 3
cpu : Cell Broadband Engine, altivec supported
clock : 3200.000000MHz
revision : 48.0 (pvr 0070 3000)

timebase : 26666666
platform : Cell
machine : CHRP IBM,0793-1RZ




On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 3:00 PM, Mi Yan <miyan@us.ibm.com> wrote:
    Hi, Lenny,

    So rank file map will be supported in OpenMPI 1.3? I'm using OpenMPI1.2.6 and did not find parameter "rmaps_rank_file_".
    Do you have idea when OpenMPI 1.3 will be available? OpenMPI 1.3 has quite a few features I'm looking for.

    Thanks,


    Mi
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    If I understand you correctly the most suitable way to do it is by paffinity that we have in Open MPI 1.3 and the trank.
    how ever usually OS is distributing processes evenly between sockets by it self.


    There still no formal FAQ due to a multiple reasons but you can read how to use it in the attached scratch ( there were few name changings of the params, so check with ompi_info )


    shared memory is used between processes that share same machine, and openib is used between different machines ( hostnames ), no special mca params are needed.


    Best Regards
    Lenny,


    On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Gilbert Grosdidier <grodid@mail.cern.ch> wrote:

        Working with a CellBlade cluster (QS22), the requirement is to have one
        instance of the executable running on each socket of the blade (there are 2
        sockets). The application is of the 'domain decomposition' type, and each
        instance is required to often send/receive data with both the remote blades and
        the neighbor socket.

        Question is : which specification must be used for the mca btl component
        to force 1) shmem type messages when communicating with this neighbor socket,
        while 2) using openib to communicate with the remote blades ?
        Is '-mca btl sm,openib,self' suitable for this ?

        Also, which debug flags could be used to crosscheck that the messages are
        _actually_ going thru the right channel for a given channel, please ?

        We are currently using OpenMPI 1.2.5 shipped with RHEL5.2 (ppc64).
        Which version do you think is currently the most optimised for these
        processors and problem type ? Should we go towards OpenMPI 1.2.8 instead ?
        Or even try some OpenMPI 1.3 nightly build ?

        Thanks in advance for your help, Gilbert.

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