RE: Using GNU Make with LSF

[Nestor Amaya]

Hi,

Thank you for your help. It seems to work OK, except for the warning message
below that I don't understand:

make[1]: Entering directory
`/users/namaya/projects/asic/cell_bus_regression/testcases/atm_rx_no_decode'
make[1]: warning: jobserver unavailable: using -j1.  Add `+' to parent make
rule.

I'm guessing this may have something to do with the fact that I am invoking
a sub-make (i.e. using $(MAKE)), but the user manual has not given me a any
explanation of what the warning above means. Of course, adding "+" to the
parent command does not make the warning go away. Is this something that I
should be worried about?

Thank you,

Nestor

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> Hello,
> 
> I have tried to use the "-j" option of make along with LSF's "bsub"
command.
> For those not familiar with LSF, it is a commercial program that helps to
> manage CPU farms - it submits your job to a queue, where it is then
assigned
> to the best available resource...
> 
> The problem is that the bsub command terminates once the job has been
> submitted, and not once the job is complete. Therefore GNU make will think
> that the job has completed prematurely, and the build will fail.
> 
> Platform Computing (the makers of LSF) does provide their modified version
> of GNU Make (for $$$, of course) called "lsmake". This enables
> parallel-builds via LSF.
> 
> I have two questions: For one, I am surprised that Platform Computing can
> charge money for a program that is obviously built on top of the FSF's
code:
> GNU Make 3.77 to be exact. For another, I have to believe that there is a
> way to make this work without having to purchase lsmake.
> 
> Thank you very much,
> 
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Have you tried using -K option for bsub cammand -- 'bsub -K'.  With this
option, bsub will not terminate until job is completed.

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