Re: [Boost-build] Mpi address model flag

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Mpi address model flag
From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-02-21 17:20:38

On Thursday 18 February 2010 21:47:18 K. Noel Belcourt wrote:

> 
> On Feb 18, 2010, at 11:41 AM, Vladimir Prus wrote:
> 
> > On Thursday 18 February 2010 20:16:55 K. Noel Belcourt wrote:
> >
> >> I'm trying to get the trunk Sun MPI tests working.  Because I build
> >> address-model-64 for Sun, I seem to need to invoke MPI with -m64 or
> >> else I get library link errors because the missing -m64 causes MPI to
> >> return the 32 bit libraries.  Is there a general way to make MPI use
> >> the address-model-64 flag from the toolset we build with?  That is,
> >> can MPI be made to run with the current address-model flag from
> >> sun.jam?  I don't see an easy way to do this without hard-coding the
> >> flag somewhere.
> >
> > Do you mean that the commands that return includes/libraries for MPI
> > has to be passed the -m64 flag?
> 
> Yes.  Otherwise MPI will default to 32 bit and return 32 bit  
> libraries if -m64 is not passed.
> 
> > Are you using 64-bit by specifying
> > address-model=64 on the command line?
> 
> 
> Here's the command line I run for the nightly tests.
> 
> python run.py --proxy="http://wwwproxy.sandia.gov:80" -- 
> runner="Sandia-sun" --bjam-toolset=sun --pjl-toolset=gcc -- 
> toolsets=sun-5.10 --bjam-options="-j27 stdlib=sun-stlport address- 
> model=64"

I see. It looks like this change might require actual coding. I'll work
on that over next week and let you know when done.

Thanks,

--
Vladimir Prus
http://vladimir_prus.blogspot.com
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