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color=#0000ff size=2> That
sounds good.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Michael Blocksome
[mailto:blocksom@us.ibm.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 15, 2008 4:03
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Rajeev Thakur<BR><B>Cc:</B> 'Pavan Balaji';
dcmf@lists.anl-external.org; Joseph Ratterman;
mpich2-maint@mcs.anl.gov<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [dcmf] RE: [MPICH2 Req #3926]
Open source release of the BGP changes to MPICH2<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Rajeev,</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>Thanks for the update .. we've got a patch based on
1.0.6p1 almost ready, but we'll continue the upgrade to 1.0.7rc1 on Monday and
post results next week.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Michael
Blocksome<BR>Blue Gene Messaging Team Lead<BR>Advanced Systems SW
Development<BR>blocksom@us.ibm.com<BR></FONT><BR><BR><BR>
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<P><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>02/15/2008 03:25 PM</FONT> </P>
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Blocksome/Rochester/IBM@IBMUS</FONT>
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<TD><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>"'Pavan Balaji'"
<balaji@mcs.anl.gov>, <dcmf@lists.anl-external.org>,
Joseph Ratterman/Rochester/IBM@IBMUS,
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<TD><FONT face=sans-serif size=1>RE: [dcmf] RE: [MPICH2 Req #3926]
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color=blue size=2>1.0.7rc1 is ready and will be announced later today after
the Windows binaries are built. The tar ball is already available from
</FONT><A href="ftp://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/mpi/mpich2-1.0.7rc1.tar.gz"><FONT
face=Arial color=blue
size=2><U>ftp://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/mpi/mpich2-1.0.7rc1.tar.gz</U></FONT></A><FONT
face=Arial color=blue size=2> . If you can send us a patch for BG/P support
based on 1.0.7rc1, we can include it in the 1.0.7 release.</FONT> <BR><FONT
size=3> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial color=blue size=2>Rajeev</FONT>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Michael Blocksome
[mailto:blocksom@us.ibm.com] <B><BR>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 13, 2008
11:50 AM<B><BR>To:</B> Rajeev Thakur<B><BR>Cc:</B> 'Pavan Balaji';
dcmf@lists.anl-external.org; Joseph Ratterman;
mpich2-maint@mcs.anl.gov<B><BR>Subject:</B> RE: [dcmf] RE: [MPICH2 Req #3926]
Open source release of the BGP changes to MPICH2</FONT><FONT
size=3><BR></FONT><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2><BR>I left out a third
option .. we could submit a patch to version 1.0.6p1 and then help test
version 1.0.7rc1 when it comes out.</FONT><FONT size=3> <BR></FONT><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2><BR>Michael Blocksome<BR>Blue Gene Messaging Team
Lead<BR>Advanced Systems SW Development<BR>blocksom@us.ibm.com</FONT><FONT
size=3><BR><BR></FONT><TT><FONT size=2><BR>"Rajeev Thakur"
<thakur@mcs.anl.gov> wrote on 02/13/2008 11:29:21 AM:<BR><BR>> How
long would it take for you to upgrade to 1.0.7rc1 and send us a <BR>>
patch? Will the patch have changes above the MPID level (bg/p <BR>> device)
that we will have to test out on the various platforms that <BR>> MPICH2
runs on? <BR>> </FONT></TT><FONT size=3> </FONT><TT><FONT
size=2><BR>> Rajeev</FONT></TT><FONT size=3> </FONT><TT><FONT
size=2><BR>> <BR>> From: Michael Blocksome [mailto:blocksom@us.ibm.com]
<BR>> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 11:22 AM<BR>> To: Rajeev
Thakur<BR>> Cc: 'Pavan Balaji'; dcmf@lists.anl-external.org; Joseph
Ratterman; <BR>> mpich2-maint@mcs.anl.gov<BR>> Subject: Re: [dcmf] RE:
[MPICH2 Req #3926] Open source release of <BR>> the BGP changes to
MPICH2</FONT></TT><FONT size=3><BR></FONT><TT><FONT size=2><BR>> <BR>>
Would you prefer a patch to enable BlueGene (DCMF) support based on <BR>>
1.0.7rc1, and then release version 1.0.7rc2, followed by release 1.<BR>>
0.7 ? Or do you prefer a patch based on 1.0.7 to be included in a
<BR>> future release (perhaps 1.0.7p1, or 1.0.8) ? <BR>> <BR>>
Michael Blocksome<BR>> Blue Gene Messaging Team Lead<BR>> Advanced
Systems SW Development<BR>> blocksom@us.ibm.com<BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
dcmf-bounces@lists.anl-external.org wrote on 02/13/2008 11:13:39 AM:<BR>>
<BR>> > And we will let you know when the release candidate is
out.<BR>> > <BR>> > Rajeev <BR>> > <BR>> > >
-----Original Message-----<BR>> > > From: Pavan Balaji
[mailto:balaji@mcs.anl.gov] <BR>> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 13,
2008 11:09 AM<BR>> > > To: Joseph Ratterman<BR>> > > Cc:
dcmf@lists.anl-external.org; mpich2-maint@mcs.anl.gov<BR>> > >
Subject: Re: [MPICH2 Req #3926] Open source release of the <BR>> > >
BGP changes to MPICH2<BR>> > > <BR>> > > <BR>> > >
> We are working on upgrading from 1.0.4p1 to 1.0.6p1 right <BR>> >
> now, but we <BR>> > > > have also heard that 1.0.7 is
expected to be out soon. How is that <BR>> > > > coming?
Is there a release candidate that we can use to <BR>> > > make
sure we <BR>> > > > are on the edge of development?<BR>> >
> <BR>> > > The RC was planned to be released today, but we got a
little <BR>> > > delayed. It should come out in 1-2 days. Assuming no
major <BR>> > > issues show up in the RC, the final release will be a
week <BR>> > > after the RC is out.<BR>> > > <BR>> >
> -- Pavan<BR>> > > <BR>> > > --<BR>> > >
Pavan Balaji<BR>> > > http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~balaji<BR>> >
> <BR>> > > <BR>> > <BR>> >
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