Further information about available MP-MPICH downloads

For these platforms, you probably want to use MP-MPICH with the SCI-Device ch_smi. This variant is called SCI-MPICH. To use it, consider the following points:

• First of all, you'll need to download the current MP-MPICH source distribution.
• An "update" from older versions of ch_smi is not possbile; please download the complete source archives of MP-MPICH
• Configure with the option: --with-device=ch_smi --with-sisci=/path/to/sisci

• The easiest way to use MP-MPICH on Windows (aka NT-MPICH) will be to download the binary release of MP-MPICH (including the remote execution tool RexecShell see: NTRexec).
• If you want to have the source and compile it yourself (tested with Visual C++ version 6.0 and Visual C++ .Net), you may also choose to download the source release of MP-MPICH.
• Note: NT-MPICH can also be used with SCI! In this case, download the source release of MP-MPICH and the SISCI library and driver from Dolphin and compile MP-MPICH yourself. If you experience problems, give us a note, we might be able to help.

Current Releases

• The version number of MP-MPICH is not related to that of the ANL MPICH. MP-MPICH is based on MPICH 1.2.0, but has since that changed significantly.
• Some versions of the Internet Explorer are known to mess around with the filenames of the downloaded archives. Make sure the downloaded files have a proper name & extension as stated behind the link.
• For installation, compilation and usage instructions, refer to the MP-MPICH manual which is included in the distributions and also separately available from the documentation page.
  Please read it completely and carefully, including the FAQ section!

• The original MPICH distribution from ANL can be downloaded from ANL