Re: [AMBER-Developers] writers of parallel tests

From: Carlos Simmerling <carlos.simmerling.gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:12:08 -0500

not sure- it sounded like Scott suggested a script that ran through multiple
thread counts, generating output for each and diffing them against saves.
not difficult, but probably best to standardize all of the tests the same
way.


On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Jason Swails <jason.swails.gmail.com>wrote:

> $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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