Errata

High Performance Linux Clusters with OSCAR, Rocks, OpenMosix, and MPI

Errata for High Performance Linux Clusters with OSCAR, Rocks, OpenMosix, and MPI

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Version Location Description Submitted by Date submitted
Printed Page 168
5th paragraph, last sentence

"The documentation advises that you use the same compiler
to build LAM/MPI that you'll use when using LAM/MPI."
should read:
"The documentation advises that you use the same type of runtime
system to build LAM/MPI that you'll use when using LAM/MPI."

AUTHOR: I used "compilers" based on the LAM/MPI documentation,
specifically http://www.lam-mpi.org/download/files/7.1.1-install.pdf
section 6.3.2, "Mixing Vendor Compilers".

 Anonymous   
Printed Page 265
2nd to last paragraph

Multiplying two 10 by 10 matrices takes 1000 multiplications (10 multiplications and 9 additions per element in the 10 by 10 answer), not 100 multiplications as stated in the book.

 Anonymous