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655655 Mellanox InfiniBand plugin driver is created. The problem is fixed
656656 OFED v1.1 (and later).
657657
658- - Better memory management support is available for OFED-based
659- transports using the "ummunotify" Linux kernel module. OFED memory
660- managers are necessary for better bandwidth when re-using the same
661- buffers for large messages (e.g., benchmarks and some applications).
662-
663- Unfortunately, the ummunotify module was not accepted by the Linux
664- kernel community (and is still not distributed by OFED). But it
665- still remains the best memory management solution for MPI
666- applications that used the OFED network transports. If Open MPI is
667- able to find the <linux/ummunotify.h> header file, it will build
668- support for ummunotify and include it by default. If MPI processes
669- then find the ummunotify kernel module loaded and active, then their
670- memory managers (which have been shown to be problematic in some
671- cases) will be disabled and ummunotify will be used. Otherwise, the
672- same memory managers from prior versions of Open MPI will be used.
673- The ummunotify Linux kernel module can be downloaded from:
674-
675- http://lwn.net/Articles/343351/
676-
677658- The use of fork() with OpenFabrics-based networks (i.e., the openib
678659 BTL) is only partially supported, and only on Linux kernels >=
679660 v2.6.15 with libibverbs v1.1 or later (first released as part of
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