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faq: update openmpi faq to reference pmix
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Problem: our OpenMPI FAQ does not explicitly say users
should be running with the pmix shell attribute.

Add that.
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wihobbs committed Aug 21, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -604,9 +604,11 @@ caused segfaults of MPI in ``MPI_Finalize`` when UCX PML was used.
4.0.6+ or 4.1.1+.
A special `job shell plugin <https://github.com/flux-framework/flux-pmix>`_,
offered as a separate package, is required to bootstrap the upcoming openmpi
offered as a separate package, is required to bootstrap the openmpi
5.0.x releases. Once installed, the plugin is activated by submitting a job
with the ``-ompi=openmpi@5`` option.
with the ``-opmi=pmix`` option. In fact, ``-o pmi=pmix`` also works for earlier
versions of OpenMPI, and appears to avoid a UCX related deadlock in OpenMPI
4.1.2 (see `flux-framework/flux-core#5460. <https://github.com/flux-framework/flux-core/issues/5460>`_)
.. _openmpi_config:
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