Running List of Known Issues

• Why do I get a segmentation fault when I run Intel® MPI Library application using my Cisco* TopSpin* InfiniBand* Host Drivers?
• Why does an unexpected debugger window appear when I use mpiexec –tv for debugging Intel MPI Library application in TotalView*?
• Why do I get a catastrophic compilation error “opt/intel/mpi/2.0/include/mpicxx.h(45): catastrophic error: #error directive: "SEEK_SET is #defined but must not be for the C++ binding of MPI" when I compile C++ application?
• Why do I get the following error message "id:cannot find -lstdc++ shared" during compilation of C++ application?
• Why do C++ tests fail when they are compiled with Intel C++ Compiler but work fine with GNU C++?
• Why do I get a collective abort message when I run Intel MPI Library application using my Qlogic* Sivelstorm* InfiniBand* Host Drivers?

Tips and Tricks

• Why does my program fail at runtime with a "Null Comm pointer" error?
• At what values is the amount of debug information increased?
• Why do I get “Permission denied” diagnostics when I start an MPD ring?
• How do I uninstall the product if the product directory was removed?
• How do I pin processes to prevent undesired process migration?
• How do I use an alternative IP interface for MPI communication?
• How do I propagate shell limits?
• How do I learn what version of the Intel MPI Library is installed on the system?
• Is it possible to install the Intel MPI Library on exported share to get it from one place on all nodes?

Main Features

• Is Intel MPI Library thread safe?
• Is Intel MPI Library fault-tolerant?
• Does Intel MPI Library support parallel I/O calls?
• Does Intel MPI Library support one-sided communication?
• Does Intel MPI Library support heterogeneous clusters?
• Does Intel MPI Library support 32-bit applications on 64-bit operating systems?
• Can Intel MPI Library handle a mixed 32/64-bit job?
• Does Intel MPI support the same user running MPD daemons simultaneously?
• Is there a Microsoft Windows* version of the Intel MPI Library?
• How do I check a process pinning table?
• How do I verify the Intel MPI Library environment variables in effect?

Experience with Various Interconnects and DAPL Providers

• What DAPL versions does Intel MPI Library support?
• How to select one DAPL provider out of many others?
• How to run MPI programs over InfiniBand*?
• How to run MPI programs over Myrinet*?
• What does <provider> field mean in Intel MPI device specification rdmd[:<provider>] or rdssm[:<provider>]?
• How to verify which device/provider is used for communication?
• How to specify an alternate path to the DAPL* configuration file dat.conf?
• I got the ("CMA: unable to open/dev/infiniband/rdma cm") error message while using the Intel MPI Library over OFED*. How do I fix it?
• Why do I get the following error message "librdmacm: kernel ABI version 4 does not match library version 2" while starting the Intel MPI Library over InfiniBand*?
• Why do I get DAT_INTERNAL_ERROR or DAT_INVALID_ADDRESS errors during Intel MPI application start over InfiniBand*?
• How to disable DAPL* provider versions compatibility check at runtime?

Operating System:

Red Hat* Linux, SUSE* Linux Enterprise Server 9.0, SUSE* Linux Enterprise Server 10

This applies to:

Intel® MPI Library for Linux*