svn merge -r17609:17615 https://eris.llnl.gov/svn/slurm/branches/slurm-2.0

NEWS

@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
 
 * Changes in SLURM 1.3.17
 =========================
+ -- Fix bug in configure script that can clear user specified LIBS.
 
 * Changes in SLURM 1.3.16
 =========================

auxdir/x_ac_readline.m4

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([X_AC_READLINE],
 	#include <readline/history.h>]], [[
 	char *line = readline("in:");]])],[AC_DEFINE([HAVE_READLINE], [1], 
                  [Define if you are compiling with readline.])],[READLINE_LIBS=""])
-    LIBS="$savedLIBS"
+    LIBS="$saved_LIBS"
   fi
   AC_SUBST(READLINE_LIBS)
 ])

configure

@@ -27102,7 +27102,7 @@ fi
 rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest_ipa8_conftest.oo \
       conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
-    LIBS="$savedLIBS"
+    LIBS="$saved_LIBS"
   fi

doc/html/power_save.shtml

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 <h1>Power Saving Guide</h1>
+
 <p>SLURM provides an integrated power saving mechanism for idle nodes.
 Nodes that remain idle for an configurable period of time can be placed 
 in a power saving mode. 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ SLURM's support to increase power demands in a gradual fashion.</p>
 
 
 <h2>Configuration</h2>
+
 <p>A great deal of flexibility is offered in terms of when and 
 how idle nodes are put into or removed from power save mode. 
 Note that the SLURM control daemon, <i>slurmctld</i>, must be 
@@ -168,7 +170,31 @@ support.
 You can also configure SLURM with programs that perform no aciton as <b>SuspendProgram</b> and <b>ResumeProgram</b> to assess the potential 
 impact of power saving mode before enabling it.</p>
 
-<h2>Fault tolerance</h2>
+<h2>Use of Allocations</h2>
+
+<p>A resource allocation request will be granted as soon as resources
+are selected for use, possibly before the nodes are all available 
+for use.
+The launching of job steps will be delayed until the required nodes 
+have been restored to service (it prints a warning about waiting for
+nodes to become available and periodically retries until they are 
+available).</p>
+
+<p>In the case of an <i>sbatch</i> command, the batch program will start
+when node zero of the allocation is ready for use and pre-processing can
+be performed as needed before using <i>srun</i> to launch job steps.
+The operation of <i>salloc</i> and <i>srun</i> follow a similar pattern 
+of getting an job allocation at one time, but possibly being unable to 
+launch job steps until later. 
+If <i>ssh</i> or some other tools is used by <i>salloc</i> it may be
+desirable to execute "<i>srun /bin/true</i>" or some other command
+first to insure that all nodes are booted and ready for use. 
+We plan to add a job and node state of <i>CONFIGURING</i> in SLURM
+version 2.1, which could be used to prevent salloc from executing
+any processes (including <i>ssh</i>) until all of the nodes are 
+ready for use.</p>
+
+<h2>Fault Tolerance</h2>
 
 <p>If the <i>slurmctld</i> daemon is terminated gracefully, it will
 wait up to <b>SuspendTimeout</b> or <b>ResumeTimeout</b> (whichever
@@ -193,6 +219,6 @@ In order to minimize this risk, when the <i>slurmctld</i> daemon is
 started and node which should be allocated to a job fails to respond, 
 the <b>ResumeProgram</b> will be executed (possibly for a second time).</p>
 
-<p style="text-align:center;">Last modified 26 May 2009</p>
+<p style="text-align:center;">Last modified 27 May 2009</p>
 
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doc/html/publications.shtml

@@ -40,13 +40,20 @@ M. Jette and M. Grondona,
 <i>Proceedings of ClusterWorld Conference and Expo</i>,
 San Jose, California, June 2003.</p>
 
-<b>SLURM: Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management</b>,
+<p><b>SLURM: Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management</b>,
 A. Yoo, M. Jette, and M. Grondona,
 <i>Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing</i>,
 volume 2862 of <i>Lecture Notes in Computer Science</i>, 
 pages 44-60,
 Springer-Verlag, 2003.</p>
 
-<p style="text-align:center;">Last modified 19 March 2009</p>
+<h2>Interview</h2>
+
+<p><a href="http://www.rce-cast.com/index.php/Podcast/rce-10-slurm.html">
+RCE 10: SLURM (podcast)</a>:
+Brock Palen and Jeff Squyres speak with Morris Jette and 
+Danny Auble of LLNL about SLURM.</p>
+
+<p style="text-align:center;">Last modified 27 May 2009</p>
 
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