PTP/meetings/April 2007

April 2007 Meeting

Date: April 10, 2007 Time: 1:00 PM EST

Call in information:

Toll Free: 1 877-421-0033
Local: 770-615-1250
Passcode: 583191

Agenda

1. PTP Status
   • 2.0 release update
   • TAU contribution status
2. Project Reports
   • PLDT update
   • Performance tools update
   • Fortran update
   • Resource manager/runtime support update
   • Remote services update
3. PTP Workshop at ORNL
4. Other business
5. Next meeting

Attendees

• Beth Tibbitts, IBM
• Dave Wootton, IBM
• Wyatt Spear, U Oregon
• Greg Watson, IBM
• Craig Rasmussen, LANL
• Randy Roberts, LANL
• Chris Rickett, LANL
• Rob Fowler, RENCI
• Rolf Peterson, IBM
• Feiyi Wang, ORNL
• Rich Graham, ORNL
• Adam Bordelon, Rice

Minutes

1. PTP Status
   • Merge of TRY_RMR brach back into HEAD scheduled for 4/16. Will probably take a week or so to get bugs fixed.
   • The changes include:
     • Addition of resource manager support
     • Complete redesign of the runtime system hierarchy
     • New state machine to drive proxy communication
     • New model hierarchy and redesigned interfaces
     • New model events
     • Extension points for contributing RM core and UI code
   • Randy has designed a new launch configuration extension point for contributing launch UI components to the Parallel Launch tab
2. Project Reports
   • TAU contribution update
     • Has been seen by Foundation, delayed by Europa release
     • Foundation has asked that it be updated to latest version (good sign)
   • PE/LoadLeveler status
     • Still waiting for legal process, may be another month before it can be contributed
   • ANTLR legal status
     • Have requested review by Foundation
     • Foundation want to wait for final release (somtime in May)
   • Remote status
     • Work will start in earnest after TRY_RMR merge
   • PLDT update
     • Need to clean up MPI barrier analysis code before contributing
     • Will know more about future plans after Toronto meeting this week
     • ACTION: Craig requested a list of API calls
   • Performance tools
     • Wyatt is waiting for TRY_RMR merge before making more changes
     • Rice plan to start integrating in May
     • Beth is working on a generic performance framework
     • TuningFork, IBM's Eclipse-based visualization tools, will be made open source within the next few months
     • Wyatt was interested in AIX support for Photran/CDT
   • Fortran
     • Rose needs a Fortran parser. ANL use Rose
     • Craig is working on implementing AST nodes
     • Chris is fixing bugs on test code. Parse now able to accept POP code
   • Other
     • Adam asked about PTP extension points. Randy said there are three and can provide more information if needed.
3. PTP workshop
   • There will be a PTP workshop to discuss issues about integrating tools with PTP at Oak Ridge National Laboratory on May 23-24.
   • We will run a PTP tutorial the day before the workshop (May 22).
4. Next meeting: May 8, 2007