MRNet: A Multicast/Reduction Network

This page contains information about version 1.1 of the MRNet project. This version was released in April, 2005.

Release Highlights

• Support for multiple overlays in single tool/application
• Support for back-ends not started by MRNet
  • Static only: back-ends join to complete network initialization phase
• Topology specification via memory buffer
• Comprehensive test suite
• Support for Windows platforms
• Support for IBM/Sun native compilers
• Various fixes and enhancements:
  • E.g. Data reference counting for automatic garbage collection

Documentation

• README
• The Multicast/Reduction Network: A User's Guide to MRNet v1.1 (HTML )

Distribution

• MRNet 1.1 Source (tarred/gzipped)
• MRNet 1.1 Windows Binaries (zip)

Upcoming Features

• Dynamically changing topologies
  • Network join protocol for back-ends not started by MRNet