Re: Parallel and MPI with default branch

[kingcrimson]

> On 19 Feb 2018, at 18:59, Sebastian Schöps <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Dear Carlo
> 
>> Sorry "octave_idx_type num;" is in MPI_Recv.cc. I had to fix two files. 
>> 
>> Ok this change is correct then, not sure about int8NDArray though.
> 
> Well, int8NDArray was just a wild guess :) Probably one of 
> (u)int(8|16|32|64)NDArray is correct?! I did not dig deep enough to make an 
> educated decision.
> 
>> I do not use any particular switches and I do not special BLAS libraries. It 
>> works with plain openBLAS or Apple's Accelerate. Octave detects during 
>> configure the situation correctly and enables 64bit only for indexing but 
>> not for BLAS. Configure says 
>> 
>> 64-bit array dims and indexing:       yes 
>> 64-bit BLAS array dims and indexing:  no 
>> 
>> Best 
>> Sebastian
>> 
>> Well I'll also switch to --enable-64 then.
>> Does this mean the wiki is outdated?
> 
> I assume yes, maybe there is a thread in the forum? I did not find much 
> documentation on this and I was scared in the beginning. However, all tests 
> pass and I got confident over time :)
> 
> Sebastian

OK, I built an octave version with --enable-64 and installed and tested this 
version of the mpi package:

  
https://gitserver.mate.polimi.it/redmine/attachments/download/66/mpi-2.2.0.tar.gz

which seems to work for me.

Thanks for testing,
c.