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LAM version 6.3.2

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The 6.3 series of LAM/MPI has been retired; 6.3.2 was the last version distributed in this series.

Please see the version 7.1.4 page for information about the current stable version of LAM/MPI.

If you are using a version of LAM/MPI older than 7.1.4, you are strongly encouraged to upgrade immediately.


New Feature List for LAM 6.3

  • Fixed critical bug in sysv and usysv RPIs
  • Added the MPI-2 C++ bindings package (chapter 10 from the MPI-2 standard) from the Laboratory for Scientific Computing at the University of Notre Dame.
  • Added ROMIO MPI I/O package (chapter 9 from the MPI-2 standard) from the Argonne National Laboratory.
  • Pseudo-tty support for remote IO (e.g., line buffered output).
  • Ability to pass environment variables through mpirun.
  • Ability to mpirun shell scripts/debuggers/etc. (that eventually run LAM/MPI programs).
  • Ability to execute non-MPI programs across the multicomputer.
  • Added configurable ability to zero-fill internal LAM buffers before they are used (for development tools such as Purify).
  • Greatly expanded error messages; provided for customizable local help files.
  • Expanded and updated documentation.
  • Various bug fixes and minor enhancements.