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RE: [bgl-discuss] crashes in VN mode



The quote we got for Totalview for our single rack was amazingly high
which is why we did not purchase it.  Perhaps this should be revisited.


On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, Andrew Siegel wrote:

> No, compilation shouldn't change for vn mode.
>
> As a general point that could relate to this question, it is probably a good
> idea to start more conservatively with the compiler flags before slowly
> exploring a few of the optimizations. For example, the compiler generation
> of the extended double-hummer instructions is very much a work in progress.
> Same goes for some other optimizations. I would start with just -O0 and
> qarch=440 as a first shot and see if the code executes.
>
> About debugging, Totalview has recently been ported and Livermore is using
> it. I'll look into if and when we can get our hands on it.
>
> -andrew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Boyana Norris
> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 5:02 PM
> To: discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bgl-discuss] crashes in VN mode
>
> I've been running some (16 and 32-processor) GYRO simulations, built with
> /home/norris/software/bin/mpif90 (rip-off of Satish's version, just
> changed from f77 to f90), and the following optimization options:
>
> -qbgl -qarch=440d -qtune=440
> -qcache=level=1:type=i:size=32:line=32:assoc=64:cost=8
> -qcache=level=1:type=d:size=32:line=32:assoc=64:cost=8
> -qcache=level=2:type=c:size=4096:line=128:assoc=8:cost=40 -qhot=simd -O3
>
> This runs fine in coprocessor mode but crashes (with core dump) in vn mode
> after the initialization of the simulation otherwise.
>
> I'm starting to experiment with different compiler options, but wanted to
> ask in the meanwhile if compiling with the intention of running in virtual
> node mode is supposed to be done differently than when running in
> coprocessor mode?
>
> Also, what debugger should I be using and how (in conjunction with
> mpirun)?
>
> Thanks!
> Boyana
>
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