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From: Hugo Ferreira <hmf@inescporto.pt>
To: Sylvain Le Gall <sylvain@le-gall.net>
Cc: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Re: Shared memory parallel application: kernel threads
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:54:33 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B9A55A9.4070202@inescporto.pt> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <slrnhpkjvk.6e8.sylvain@gallu.homelinux.org>

Sylvain Le Gall wrote:
> On 12-03-2010, Hugo Ferreira <hmf@inescporto.pt> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have opted to use "kernel-level threads" that allow use
>> of the (multi-core) processors but still allow "easy"
>> access to shared memory".
>>
>> I have done a cursory look at:
>> - Ocaml.Threads
>> - Ocaml.Unix (LinuxThreads)
>> - coThreads
>> - Ocamlnet2/3 (netshm, netcamlbox)
>> (An eThreads library exists in the forge but I did not examine this)
>>
> 
> I think you should also have a look at ocaml/mpi for communication:
> http://forge.ocamlcore.org/projects/ocamlmpi/
> and ancient for accessing read-only memory:
> http://merjis.com/developers/ancient
> 
> MPI can work on a single computer to take advantage of multi-core
> through multi-processus.
> 

Indeed. I did not list these because I was specifically looking for
a share memory solution amongst threads. Seeing as I am forced to use
processes ancient is worth considering.

Thanks,
Hugo F.

> Regards,
> Sylvain Le Gall
> 
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  reply	other threads:[~2010-03-12 14:54 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-03-12 11:55 Hugo Ferreira
2010-03-12 12:34 ` [Caml-list] " Gerd Stolpmann
2010-03-12 13:36   ` Hugo Ferreira
2010-03-12 14:30 ` Sylvain Le Gall
2010-03-12 14:54   ` Hugo Ferreira [this message]
2010-03-12 23:59     ` [Caml-list] " Philippe Wang
2010-03-13  9:12       ` Hugo Ferreira
2010-03-13 13:56 ` [Caml-list] " Richard Jones
2010-03-13 14:29   ` Hugo Ferreira
2010-03-13 15:10     ` Richard Jones
2010-03-13 15:37       ` Hugo Ferreira

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