Newsgroups: comp.parallel.pvm
From: kalyan@cc.gatech.edu (Kalyan Perumalla)
Subject: Announcing DBPVM: Motif Interface to PVM
Keywords: Motif, debugging, graphical, PVM
Organization: Georgia Tech College of Computing
Date: Sun, 6 Feb 1994 18:30:51 GMT

Hi PVM users!

o    I have developed "A Motif-based Graphical Inteface to PVM, with
     Debugging Facilities", called DBPVM. DBPVM version 2.0 is based on
     PVM 3.2.5.

o    DBPVM version 2.0 can be obtained by sending mail to kalyan@cc.gatech.edu
     with a subject line of "Send dbpvm2.0".  This gets you the complete
     release ("dbpvm2.0.tar.Z.uu"), which includes documentation.

o    Documentation alone can be obtained by sending mail to the same address
     with a subject line of "Send dbpvm.info.ps".

o    It is ( in my view, anyway ) easy to use;  several options are provided
     for customization of interface as well as functionality.

o    Some salient features are given below.  More details
     can be found in the documentation included in the release:

     o    DBPVM consists of two parts
	  (a) a small set of modifications to PVM, and
	  (b) a Motif-based PVM task called MONITOR.
     o    PVM applications can be run as usual, as they are run with the usual
	  PVM system.
     o    The debugging interface is *run-time*.
     o    Complete control of PVM tasks is provided; tasks can be run alone,
	  or under the control of appropriate debuggers.
     o    A run-time log of all PVM library calls that a task makes is
	  provided for each task.
     o    Tasks can be debugged/controlled either individually or as groups,
	  much like SPMD mode of execution.
     o    A graphical interface to the PVM Console is provided.
     o    A whole bunch of other options are provided.
     o    Configuration files are provided to allow for individual
	  customization ( of looks and functionality ).

Just try it out!

Kalyan
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					-Kalyan Perumalla (kalyan@cc.gatech.edu)