Re: MPI and Threads
Rajeev Thakur (thakur@mcs.anl.gov)
Mon, 17 Mar 1997 17:26:18 -0600
The issue of portability of a threads package is separate from the
issue of portability of MPI. I think MPI should specify only the
minimal functionality expected from a threads package that can be used
with MPI. This "required" threads functionality should be as minimal
as possible, so that one can use it with different threads
implementations.
For example, if a user has access to an implementation of the Solaris
threads interface for say SGI and Convex machines, then the user
should be able to run programs with Solaris threads and MPI on
Sun, SGI, and Convex systems. And MPI should not preclude such uses!
Rajeev