On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:23 AM, Carlos Sosa <sosa0006.r.umn.edu> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> AMBER11 uses MPI_ALLREDUCE. Is it use with 32 bit words or 64? I am
> currently checking the code as well.
>
I'm not sure I understand the question. Every MPI call takes an
MPI_Datatype (e.g. MPI_DOUBLE_PRECISION, MPI_REAL, MPI_INT for Fortran or
MPI_DOUBLE, MPI_LONG_INT, etc. for C/C++). The size of the MPI_Datatype is
what MPI uses to assign variables properly in all function calls that pass
information (including the allreduce). The way it's implemented should be
platform-independent, so it should work with both 32-bit and 64-bit words.
The aim for sander was to use a preprocessor define, MPI_AMBER_REAL or
something, that could be toggled to single or double precision, much like
the preprocessor define _REAL_ can switch between real and double
precision. MPI_DOUBLE_PRECISION is hard-coded in too many places for the
single-precision build to work anymore, not that it is recommended, anyway.
HTH,
Jason
> Thanks
>
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