Charm++ parallel programming system

[Ramprasad Venkataraman <ramv AT illinois.edu>]

Reed,

> Sorry I got distracted by other things, for a few days.  Can you give me a 
> run-down of what I need to do to compile charm and where to place the list 
> of servers.

The first step would be to use the smart-build.pl script thats located
in the charm base directory and try answering the questions it asks
you. The script should then suggest a build command for review and
start the build too. A reasonable command that it generates might look
as follows:

./build charm++ net-linux-x86_64    -j16  -g -O0

For now, the node list file that lists your compute nodes can be
placed in your home directory as .nodelist


> Also, what directories should charm and git be in? does it matter? Right 
> now I have them in the top directory.

Some clusters install charm in a system-wide location. However, since
you might have to play with multiple builds etc, I suggest you install
charm in your home directory.

git installation is unrelated to charm installation. You only need git
to get a copy of the latest development charm. Its more of a sysadmin
concern and you can follow any conventions that you think are
appropriate.

-- 
Ramprasad Venkataraman
Parallel Programming Lab
Univ. of Illinois