@@ -623,7 +623,6 @@ MPI Functionality and Features
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- portals4
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(2) The ob1 PML and the following BTLs support MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE:
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- - openib (see exception below)
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- self
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- sm
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- smcuda
@@ -632,10 +631,6 @@ MPI Functionality and Features
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- usnic
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- vader (shared memory)
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- The openib BTL's RDMACM based connection setup mechanism is also not
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- thread safe. The default UDCM method should be used for
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- applications requiring MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE support.
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-
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Currently, MPI File operations are not thread safe even if MPI is
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initialized for MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE support.
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@@ -794,7 +789,8 @@ Network Support
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- In prior versions of Open MPI, InfiniBand and RoCE support was
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provided through the openib BTL and ob1 PML plugins. Starting with
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Open MPI 4.0.0, InfiniBand support through the openib plugin is both
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- deprecated and superseded by the ucx PML component.
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+ deprecated and superseded by the ucx PML component. The openib BTL
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+ was removed in Open MPI v5.0.0.
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While the openib BTL depended on libibverbs, the UCX PML depends on
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the UCX library.
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for OpenSHMEM support, and "--mca osc ucx" for MPI RMA (one-sided)
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operations.
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- - Although the ob1 PML+openib BTL is still the default for iWARP and
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- RoCE devices, it will reject InfiniBand defaults (by default) so
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- that they will use the ucx PML. If using the openib BTL is still
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- desired, set the following MCA parameters:
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- # Note that "vader" is Open MPI's shared memory BTL
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- $ mpirun --mca pml ob1 --mca btl openib,vader,self \
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- --mca btl_openib_allow_ib 1 ...
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- The usnic BTL is support for Cisco's usNIC device ("userspace NIC")
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on Cisco UCS servers with the Virtualized Interface Card (VIC).
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Although the usNIC is accessed via the OpenFabrics Libfabric API
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http://lwn.net/Articles/343351/
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- - The use of fork() with OpenFabrics-based networks (i.e., the openib
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- BTL ) is only partially supported, and only on Linux kernels >=
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+ - The use of fork() with OpenFabrics-based networks (i.e., the UCX
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+ PML ) is only partially supported, and only on Linux kernels >=
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v2.6.15 with libibverbs v1.1 or later (first released as part of
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OFED v1.2), per restrictions imposed by the OFED network stack.
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