diff options
| -rw-r--r-- | release_docs/INSTALL_TFLOPS | 56 |
1 files changed, 30 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/release_docs/INSTALL_TFLOPS b/release_docs/INSTALL_TFLOPS index b3e8421..cf8ab1e 100644 --- a/release_docs/INSTALL_TFLOPS +++ b/release_docs/INSTALL_TFLOPS @@ -1,36 +1,32 @@ - FOR THE INTEL TFLOPS MACHINE: Below are the step-by-step procedures for building, testing, and -installing both the sequential and parallel versions of the HDF5 library. +installing the parallel and sequential versions of the HDF5 library. ----------------- Software locations ------------------ The zlib compression library is installed in /usr/community/hdf5/ZLIB. -The mpich library, including mpi-io support, is in -/usr/community/mpich/mpich-1.2.1. +The latest version is zlib v1.1.3. +The mpich library, including mpi-io support, is in /usr/community/mpich/. +The latest version used is mpich-1.2.3. --------------- -Sequential HDF5: +Parallel HDF5: --------------- -The setup process for building the sequential HDF5 library for the -ASCI Red machine is done by a coordination of events from sasn100 and -janus. Though janus can do compiling, it is better to build it -from sasn100 which has more complete building tools and runs faster. -It is also anti-social to tie up janus with compiling. The HDF5 building -requires the use of janus because one of steps is to execute a program -to find out the run-time characteristics of the TFLOPS machine. +The setup process for building the parallel version of the HDF5 library for the +ASCI Red machine is very similar to the sequential version. Since TFLOPS +does not support MPIO, we have prepared a shell-script file that configures +with the appropriate MPI library. Assuming you have already unpacked the HDF5 tar-file into the directory <hdf5>, follow the steps below: - FROM SASN100, 1) cd <hdf5> -2) ./configure --host=i386-intel-osf1 +2) CC=/usr/community/mpich/mpich-1.2.3/bin/mpicc ./configure --host=i386-intel-osf1 You may safely ignore the WARNING message, configure: WARNING: If you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --host. If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be used. @@ -57,6 +53,7 @@ w q EOF + 3) make H5detect @@ -73,7 +70,6 @@ FROM SASN100, When everything is finished compiling and linking, -you can run the tests by FROM JANUS, 7) make check @@ -86,29 +82,37 @@ FROM JANUS, make clean; make # re-make all binary -Once satisfied with the test results, you can install -the software by +Once satisfied with the parallel test results, as long as you +have the correct permission, FROM SASN100, 8) make install --------------- -Parallel HDF5: +Sequential HDF5: --------------- +(**NOTE** We have stopped testing sequential HDF5 for the Tflops machine +since it has little practical value to build sequential applications for +the Tflops machine. The instruction below are kept more for historical +purpose.) -The setup process for building the parallel version of the HDF5 library for the -ASCI Red machine is very similar to the sequential version. Since TFLOPS -does not support MPIO, we have prepared a shell-script file that configures -with the appropriate MPI library. +The setup process for building the sequential HDF5 library for the +ASCI Red machine is done by a coordination of events from sasn100 and +janus. Though janus can do compiling, it is better to build it +from sasn100 which has more complete building tools and runs faster. +It is also anti-social to tie up janus with compiling. The HDF5 building +requires the use of janus because one of steps is to execute a program +to find out the run-time characteristics of the TFLOPS machine. Assuming you have already unpacked the HDF5 tar-file into the directory <hdf5>, follow the steps below: + FROM SASN100, 1) cd <hdf5> -2) CC=/usr/community/mpich/mpich-1.2.1/bin/mpicc ./configure --host=i386-intel-osf1 +2) ./configure --host=i386-intel-osf1 You may safely ignore the WARNING message, configure: WARNING: If you wanted to set the --build type, don't use --host. If a cross compiler is detected then cross compile mode will be used. @@ -135,7 +139,6 @@ w q EOF - 3) make H5detect @@ -152,6 +155,7 @@ FROM SASN100, When everything is finished compiling and linking, +you can run the tests by FROM JANUS, 7) make check @@ -164,8 +168,8 @@ FROM JANUS, make clean; make # re-make all binary -Once satisfied with the parallel test results, as long as you -have the correct permission, +Once satisfied with the test results, you can install +the software by FROM SASN100, 8) make install |