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From: Satya Gosula (narayanagkvs_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-02-05 14:31:56


hi,
  Is there any other way to raise a  signal on one lam process(rank 1) from another lam process (rank0) with out using MPIL_Signal? Can we use POSIX signals to achieve this?

thanks,
Satya.

On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 Brian W. Barrett wrote :
>On Feb 4, 2004, at 2:10 PM, Satya Gosula wrote:
>
>>  I am trying to use MPIL_Signal(MPI_COMM_WORLD,someprocess,LAM_SIGA).I need to define a signal handler, becuase by default LAM_SIGA is ignored. To do this I need to use some of the functions defined in lam_ksignal.h . But when I try to include lam_ksignal.h it gives out a compile error saying lam_ksignal.h is not found. Should lam be configured differently to include this file or am I do something wrong?
>
>The lam_ksignal.h header file is only installed if LAM was configured with the --with-trillium option.  We found that for the most part, users did not use the MPIL_* functions and were confused by all the header files, so they are not installed by default.
>
>By the way, it is quite likely that the MPIL_ functions will be removed in a future release of LAM, so it may be a good idea to design your application without these functions (if that is possible).
>
>
>Brian
>
>--  Brian Barrett
>  LAM/MPI developer and all around nice guy
>  Have a LAM/MPI day: http://www.lam-mpi.org/
>
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hi, Is there any other way to raise a signal on one lam process(rank 1) from another lam process (rank0) with out using MPIL_Signal? Can we use POSIX signals to achieve this? thanks, Satya. On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 Brian W. Barrett wrote : >On Feb 4, 2004, at 2:10 PM, Satya Gosula wrote: > >> I am trying to use MPIL_Signal(MPI_COMM_WORLD,someprocess,LAM_SIGA).I need to define a signal handler, becuase by default LAM_SIGA is ignored. To do this I need to use some of the functions defined in lam_ksignal.h . But when I try to include lam_ksignal.h it gives out a compile error saying lam_ksignal.h is not found. Should lam be configured differently to include this file or am I do something wrong? > >The lam_ksignal.h header file is only installed if LAM was configured with the --with-trillium option. We found that for the most part, users did not use the MPIL_* functions and were confused by all the header files, so they are not installed by default. > >By the way, it is quite likely that the MPIL_ functions will be removed in a future release of LAM, so it may be a good idea to design your application without these functions (if that is possible). > > >Brian > >-- Brian Barrett > LAM/MPI developer and all around nice guy > Have a LAM/MPI day: http://www.lam-mpi.org/ > >_______________________________________________ >This list is archived at http://www.lam-mpi.org/MailArchives/lam/