[Pvfs2-users] [Fwd: [MPICH2 Req #3034] mpich2 + pvfs2 Configure Error : C compiler cannot create executables]

[Robert Latham]

On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 01:38:26PM -0500, Bradley W Settlemyer wrote:
> Well then, can I publicly ask: what is the news on pvfs2/romio/mpich2 
> integration?  Is there a plan to have all that (Avery's changes, etc.) 
> integrated in for a release any time soon?  Is there a schedule, or is 
> the timeframe still indefinite?  I'm not in need of a hard and fast date 
> obviously, I was just interested on what the plan is (assuming the plan 
> is public).

Sure.  I don't think any of this is particularly secret, aside from
wanting to avoid making promises we end up not keeping. Here's how I'd
like to play things:

- in a month or so, mpich2-1.0.5 will be released, marking the
  beginning of another 6 month dev cycle.  

- Very early in that cycle, I'll commit Avery's dtype I/O. Strided
  will use listio by default just because that's a pretty well tested
  code path in the PVFS system interface.   Hints will get you
  datatype I/O (and probably uncover some bugs).


==rob

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Rob Latham
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