AWS MTT and cherry py server - how to set MPI name for viewer

[hppritcha]

Now that I'm getting the py client to show results in the current MTT DB viewer, I'm noticing that the "MPI platform" field isn't very useful:

what field should I be setting in the ini file for the python client to set a sensible value for the MPI platform field in the viewer?

[hppritcha]

To be a little clearer, using the python client, I'm getting "Open MPI" as the MPI name, kind of like I might be testing, oh, Intel MPI, Cray MPI, MVAPICH, etc. rather than being focused just on Open MPI releases.

[hppritcha]

@jjhursey

[hppritcha]

Looks like another area to fix up for Open MPI specific needs.

[noahv]

Hi Howard, you are correct.

The code that detects MPI versions is here https://github.com/open-mpi/mtt/blob/master/pylib/Utilities/MPIVersion.py

We do collect version information and I see it reported in the MTT reporter field MTT Version.

40 | lanl | NMC-invierno | aarch64 | Linux | Open MPI | 4.0.0a1

What that information incorrect or missing something that is needed?

[rhc54]

@noahv Is it possible that @hppritcha used a plugin that didn't include a call to MPIVersion? I don't recall exactly where that call occurs.

[noahv]

Build either shell or autotools

[rhc54]

@hppritcha you might just want to check that you went thru a plugin that called MPIVersion to set the field.

[hppritcha]

sorry for the delay in response. i think the issue here is what the Open MPI community is expecting for the MPI name and MPI Version. For the former, we're wanting something like:

ompi-nightly-master or ompi-nightly-v3.0.x - i.e. the first part of the tarball name from the nightly download site. For the MPI version, we're wanting the "repo version" field returned from MPI_Get_library_version, something like v3.1.x-201803130241-ea54d44

I think the code in MPIVersion is a bit too general for what we want for OMPI MTT testing.

[hppritcha]

fixed via #641