[Users] update new user guide for non-TeraGrid/XSEDE users?

Erik Schnetter schnetter at cct.lsu.edu
Wed Aug 24 09:13:22 CDT 2011


On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Frank Loeffler <knarf at cct.lsu.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 09:32:56AM -0400, Erik Schnetter wrote:
>> Should we change SimFactory to do this automatically (as default) when
>> OpenMP is enabled?
>
> I have to admit that I usually do use the --num-threads option, but I
> know that simfactory already has the information how many threads it
> should use if openmp is enabled. Isn't that the default? I was under the
> impression that this was enabled some time ago? A quick look at the code
> didn't reveal a default of 1 to me.

Simfactory uses 1 thread by default, ignoring the MDB entry. This is
for historic reasons only. I believe it is time to change this.

-erik

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