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diff --git a/release_docs/INSTALL_parallel b/release_docs/INSTALL_parallel index e2a0709..1bc8cb2 100644 --- a/release_docs/INSTALL_parallel +++ b/release_docs/INSTALL_parallel @@ -175,3 +175,18 @@ the same directory as `mpicc': The `$${NPROCS:=3}' will be substituted with the value of the NPROCS environment variable at the time `make check' is run (or the value 3). + + +4. Parallel tests +----------------- + +The testpar/ directory contains tests for Parallel HDF5 and MPI-IO. +The t_mpi tests the basic functionalities of some MPI-IO features used by +Parallel HDF5. It usually exits with non-zero code if a required MPI-IO +feature does not succeed as expected. One exception is the testing of +accessing files larger than 2GB. If the underlaying filesystem or if +the MPI-IO library fails to handle file sizes larger than 2GB, the test +will print informational essages stating the failure but will not exit +with non-zero code. Failure to support file size greater than 2GB is +not a fatal error for HDF5 becuase HDF5 can use other file-drivers such +as families of files to by pass the file size limit. |