[MPI3 Fortran] [Fwd: Library-based ASYNCHRONOUS I/O and SYNC MEMORY]

[Jeff Squyres]

On Sep 5, 2008, at 7:25 PM, Aleksandar Donev wrote:

> Does the MPI group think this is important enough and urgent now? If  
> no,
> cycle.
> Does the MPI group not like the existing VOLATILE attribute as a  
> possible
> solution? If yes, end of discussion, write a tutorial note in the  
> MPI-3
> standard. If not, why?
> Does the MPI group like the proposed SYNC MEMORY solution (be it  
> ASYCHRONOUS
> or a new ASYNC_EXTERNAL attribute) or wants to propose something else?


Maybe we should have a teleconf next week to discuss?  (I'm still in  
Ireland)

We had more questions than answers yesterday; I don't feel well- 
equipped to answer your questions above because I don't fully  
understand the issues.

-- 
Jeff Squyres
Cisco Systems