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11-16-2005

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I custom ordered my Compaq Persario 5000z, which turned out to be better for me as a result. Bottom line is that my system ended up with a few better components than the shelf models (still isn't saying too much).

Loading Solaris 8 didn't work too well. I couldn't find drivers for my video, modem, or NIC. Solaris did install and I would have continued with Solaris but, since I was rebuilding the OS anyway, I installed Red Hat 7 for grins.

Red Hat installed drivers for every device but my modem (if I recall correctly). That coupled with it's cool collection of stuff decided for me. Solaris was pretty much the same Solaris I've always used and the Gnome window manager was far too appealing for me to struggle through tracking down video and NIC drivers just to get a functional system.

This configuration worked great as a database server for a year until my kid's gaming reqs conflicted with mine at which point I moved to Fedora for my Dell, which still serves as a database server.

Bottom line is that you're likely to have fewer configuration and compatibility issues on your Compaq with some Linux distro.

By the way, I learned my lesson with the Compaq system. These systems were not meant to be used for anything other than Windoze. Even Win2k was a hard fit. I buy nothing but Dells anymore. I can't speak to other distros but Fedora installed on my Dell desktop system without a hitch. I use it primarily as an Oracle database server, keeping up on their latest technologies.

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mpi_win_dup_fn

MPI_WIN_DUP_FN(3)						      LAM/MPI							 MPI_WIN_DUP_FN(3)

NAME

       MPI_WIN_DUP_FN -  Built-in MPI function to simple-mindedly copy window attributes.

SYNOPSIS

       #include <mpi.h>
       int MPI_WIN_DUP_FN(MPI_Win win, int key, void *extra,
			 void *attrin, void *attrout, int *flag)

INPUT PARAMETERS

       win    - window (handle)
       key    - key value (integer)
       extra  - extra state
       attrin - in value for attribute

OUTPUT PARAMETERS

       attrout
	      - out value for attribute
       flag   - 1 if attribute copied successfully, 0 otherwise (logical)

NOTES

       This  function  blindly	byte-copies  attributes on windows.  It is the default atrribute-copying function for windows.	This function will
       always return MPI_SUCCESS , and flag will always be set to 1.

       The actual copy is performed by the code

       *((void **) attrout) = attrin;

       If this simple assignment is not sufficient for your attributes, you will need to reassign the attribute-copying function on relevant  key-
       vals on windows with the MPI_Win_keyval_create function.

NOTES FOR FORTRAN

       All  MPI  routines in Fortran (except for MPI_WTIME and MPI_WTICK ) have an additional argument ierr at the end of the argument list.  ierr
       is an integer and has the same meaning as the return value of the routine in C.	In Fortran, MPI routines are subroutines, and are  invoked
       with the call statement.

       All MPI objects (e.g., MPI_Datatype , MPI_Comm ) are of type INTEGER in Fortran.

SEE ALSO

       MPI_Win_keyval_create

MORE INFORMATION

       For  more  information,	please	see the official MPI Forum web site, which contains the text of both the MPI-1 and MPI-2 standards.  These
       documents contain detailed information about each MPI function (most of which is not duplicated in these man pages).

       http://www.mpi-forum.org/

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       The LAM Team would like the thank the MPICH Team for the handy program to generate man pages ("doctext" from ftp://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/sow-
       ing/sowing.tar.gz ), the initial formatting, and some initial text for most of the MPI-1 man pages.

LOCATION

       dupfn.c

LAM
/MPI 7.1.4							     6/24/2006							 MPI_WIN_DUP_FN(3)