Re: [PATCH:openmosix-tools-0.3.6-2:build break fix]

BTW, oM 2.6 supports 64bit mode, but it is pre-alpha for now, we are 
working on getting it stable hopefully before the end of the year :)

for now, the userland tools are not completed yet on the 2.6 series, but 
this should not be long as well.

Florian

Harshavardhana wrote:
> Evan,
>   Great, i have now a brief idea about what is what. Ok then the left over
>   task in performance measurement :).
> Thanks
>
>   
>> Openmosix will run on 64bit cpus that can run in 32 bit mode. One of
>> the big gains in the 2.6 series should be 64bit support. As to
>> performance, OpenSSI use an older openmosix migration code base. So
>> the migration performance should be about the same.
>>
>> Evan
>>
>> On 11/7/06, Harshavardhana <harsha-iP+wyIN8Xge1Z/[email protected]> wrote:
>>     
>>> Evan,
>>>   thanks a lot for your inputs. so i assume openmosix supports 64bit on
>>> 2.4
>>>   kernel. But i believe 2.6 series support is very much needed for the
>>>   ever growing technology of clustering and SMP.
>>>   I have seen kerrighed, my idea of Kerrighed is the project is
>>> rudimentary
>>>   i overheard it is going for becoming proprietary. Even Openssi doesn't
>>>   have 64bit support (official). As i have seen only Openmosix and
>>> Openssi
>>>   been the only driving force towards the SSI technology.
>>>   Do you guys have any figures or whitepaper where i can see the
>>> performance
>>>   comparison?.
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Harshavardhana-
>>>>   The openmosix-tools 0.3.6-2 are omly for teh 2.4 series kernel.
>>>> There has not yet been an official release of teh 2.6 series and
>>>> tools. In theory Fluent should love an openmosix cluster do to it's
>>>> habit of forking out 4 process when it runs. THough looking at the
>>>> packages you are using I would reccommend going with a basic beowulf
>>>> parrallel design. I know both ansys and Fluent have builtin parrallel
>>>> clustering packages that should get better performance on a cluster
>>>> than just running it on an SSI setup.
>>>>
>>>> OpenSSI is a little different beast than openmosix. Openmosix focus on
>>>> getting the best use of shared CPU power. OpenSSI focus on sharing the
>>>> whole cluster, much more like a grid engine.
>>>> Evan
>>>>
>>>> On 11/7/06, Harshavardhana <harsha-iP+wyIN8Xge1Z/[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>    i have seen that the release openmosixtools version doesn't build
>>>>> properly
>>>>>    exits at mtop.c saying that "error: label at end of compound
>>>>> statement"
>>>>>    i have attached a minor patch with this mail.
>>>>>
>>>>>    Apart from that I had some important things to know about
>>>>>           
>>> OpenMosix,
>>>       
>>>>> like
>>>>>    * The range of platform it supports including beta releases in
>>>>>           
>>> those
>>>       
>>>>>      respect.
>>>>>    * The functionality and features which OpenMosix provides best
>>>>>           
>>> over
>>>       
>>>>> the
>>>>>      other SSI related products.
>>>>>    * Does it support 2.6.x kernels?
>>>>>    * Who are using OpenMosix and have successfully deployed it,
>>>>>           
>>> working
>>>       
>>>>> in
>>>>>      production environment.
>>>>>
>>>>>    I am trying out OpenMosix on Blade Clusters (EM64T Xeon family
>>>>>    Woodcrest).
>>>>>    I will be running High level engg applications like Ansys, DYNA,
>>>>> Fluent.
>>>>>    How would OpenSSI stand in front of OpenMosix in this case?.
>>>>>    Guys your reply will be really helpful. Thanks in advance
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> --
>>>>> Harshavardhana
>>>>> "Software gets slower faster as Hardware gets faster"
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>>         
>>> --
>>> Harshavardhana
>>> "Software gets slower faster as Hardware gets faster"
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>     
>
>
>   


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