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Last Updated: April 24, 2023
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Recommended GCC Stack
We provide users with a single module that effectively loads most recent versions of the GCC compiler and MVAPICH2. To use this module, enter this command:
module load gcc-stack
The current versions of these software are GCC 7.1.0 and MVAPICH2-GCC 2.2rc1.
Important Version Information
When this software is updated, sometimes there are revisions that can significantly change how you should write your code and potentially alter the output of your programs. The following links provide information on update revisions and/or deprecated features:
GCC: http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-7/changes.html (revisions)
GCC: https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-7/porting_to.html (deprecated features)
MVAPICH2: https://mvapich.cse.ohio-state.edu/static/media/mvapich/MV2_CHANGELOG.txt
There can also be more subtle changes that are not listed in the public documentation. A particularly important variable for many high-performance computing applications is floating point precision. The following article displays how switching between versions can change the results of floating point calculations and affect the output of your programs: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8802831/gcc-rounding-difference-between-versions
Alternative GCC Stack
We also support newer version of GCC 12.1.0 on SeaWulf. If you would prefer to use this version, you will have to separately load MVAPICH2 as well. You can do so using the following commands:
module load gcc/12.1.0 module load mvapich2/gcc12.1/2.3.7
Additional Information
It is important to remember that you should incorporate the MVAPICH2 module in your Slurm job scripts. You can do this by simply including the relevant module load command in your script. See the following link for an example Slurm job script: https://it.stonybrook.edu/help/kb/example-slurm-job-script
The wrappers for the MVAPICH2 GCC compilers are:
mpicc - if using the GCC C compiler mpicxx - if using the GCC C++ compiler mpif90 - if using the GCC Fortran compiler
More information about MVAPICH2 can be found here: http://mvapich.cse.ohio-state.edu/userguide/