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Catch up with README.md changes on master
Signed-off-by: Jeff Squyres <[email protected]>
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* uGNI is a Cray library for communicating over the Gemini and Aries
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interconnects.
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* The OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED) software package v1.0
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will not work properly with Open MPI v1.2 (and later) due to how its
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Mellanox InfiniBand plugin driver is created. The problem is fixed
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with OFED v1.1 (and later).
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* The use of ``fork()`` with Libiverbs-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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* Linux ``knem`` support is used when the ``sm`` (shared memory) BTL is
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compiled with knem support (see the ``--with-knem`` configure option)
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and the ``knem`` Linux module is loaded in the running kernel. If the
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mechanisms for Open MPI to utilize single-copy semantics for shared
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memory.
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* The OFI MTL does not support sending messages larger than the active
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Libfabric provider's ``max_msg_size``. If you receive an error
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message about sending too large of a message when using the OFI MTL,
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please reach out to your networking vendor to ask them to support a
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larger ``max_msg_size`` for tagged messages.
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Open MPI Extensions
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