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From: Jerome BENOIT (jgmbenoit_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-05-04 11:00:45


Hello LAM,

I encountered some trouble with the Fortran compiler f95
when I tried to run the testsuite:
please find attached the OUT files.

I hope that helps,
Jerome

Brian W. Barrett wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> As we have mentioned on the LAM mailing list, we are approaching the
> release of LAM/MPI 7.0. In order to widen testing, we are releasing LAM
> 7.0b8 for public testing. We invite you to try the beta release on your
> platform. Downloads and information can be found at:
>
> http://www.lam-mpi.org/beta/
>
> As expected, this is *BETA* software -- there are likely still to be some
> kinks. This is not for production use. The web page notes all issues we
> are aware of - if you find something, please let us know on the LAM
> mailing list.
>
> New features in LAM 7.0 include:
> * Run-time selectable RPI drivers
> * Support for Myrinet/gm networks
> * TotalView parallel debugger support
> * Support for booting LAM using the PBS TM extensions
> * Support for running LAM under BProc environments
> * More complete C++ bindings
> * Upgraded ROMIO MPI I/O package
> * Support for MPI_THREAD_FUNNELED and MPI_THREAD_SERIALIZED
>
> Known issues in the 7.0b8 release include:
> * Documentation is still rough - please bear with us.
> * TotalView support on Solaris may require special compiler
> flags - in particular, for some versions of the Forte compilers,
> you may have to use the configure option
> --with-tv-debug-flags="-g -W0,-y-s"
> to work around a bug in the Forte compiler suite.
> * On some OS X machines, we have seen failures in the shared
> memory configuration tests. We are still investigating the
> problem.
> * It appears that Libtool is unable to reliably build shared
> libraries using the Forte compilers on Solaris. We have not
> been able to find a work-around for this problem.
> * IMPI support has not been well tested at this point.
>
> Since the installation documentation is not yet complete, useful new
> configure flags include the following:
> * --with-tm=<foo> Look in foo/{include,lib} for the PBS
> header files and libraries
> * --with-gm=<foo> Look in foo/{include,lib} for the gm libraries
> * --with-bproc=<foo> Enable BProc support. <foo> is an optional
> argument specifying search path to add for the
> the bproc headers and libraries.
>
> Support for GM, BProc, and TM (PBS) will be built automatically if the
> correct headers and libraries are found. Which RPI or boot mechanism is
> used is now a run-time option. You may wish to look at the lamssi(7)
> man page for more information on selecting the proper module.
>
>