Re: [AMBER-Developers] writers of parallel tests

From: Jason Swails <jason.swails.gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:45:31 -0500

$AMBERHOME/test/rem_gb_4rep has a script that tests for the number of
processors... Is this the type of thing you're looking for?

On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Carlos Simmerling
<carlos.simmerling.gmail.com> wrote:
> Scott, can you point me to something like a template for a test case that
> does this, so I can set up something similar?
> carlos
>
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 2:57 AM, Scott Brozell <sbrozell.rci.rutgers.edu>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Now is a good time to reiterate that features requiring x parallel
>> processors should have tests for 1 through x numbers of processors.
>> These tests serve several purposes, notably:
>> validating that the feature fails gracefully,
>> and documenting the parallel requirements of the feature.
>>
>> Writers going the extra mile could have these test cases emit terse
>> messages reminding users of the feature to run tests with at least x
>> parallel processors.
>>
>> thanks to everyone that contributed to the thread:
>> Subject: RE: [AMBER-Developers] incompatible processor requirements in
>>        parallel tests
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>> ps's
>>
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>> Don Knuth
>>
>> 2010
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