Re: [Boost-users] Does MPI use ASIO?

From: Hartmut Kaiser (hartmut.kaiser_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-02 09:35:26

Volodya,

> > I'ld rather like to see Asio implemented on top of MPI.
> 
> How would that be? It seems that Asio is more low-level and generic and
> MPI,
> so implementing Asio on top of MPI is not possible.

What I meant is to implement Asio on top of the (highly efficient) MPI
transport layer. Asio currently supports the IP protocol only, where MPI
gives you access to a whole bunch of different network implementations
(Myrinet etc.). Do I misunderstand something?

Regards Hartmut