[Omp] OpenMP ABI standardization?

Bernd Dammann bd at imm.dtu.dk
Wed Jan 10 23:42:32 PST 2007


Hi Tobias,

> I'm asking for the ABI standard as it was proposed on a
> Linux-Standard-Base list that a definition of the OpenMP ABI should be
> included in the Linux Standard Base. The natural choice would be of
> cause using GCC/GOMP.
> 
> Cf.
> http://lists.freestandards.org/pipermail/lsb-discuss/2007-January/003428.html
> 
I just took a look at that URL, and it says 

"Since Linux is a major force in clustered environments ..."
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and 

" ... best of my knowledge OpenMP is not shipped with distributions today.
However, the API is stable (since it is base on the MPI standard), and ..."
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To me it seems the author of the mail meant OpenMPI(!).  

Regards,
Bernd



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