Changes between Version 14 and Version 15 of AppPlanSpec

Timestamp:

Dec 3, 2013, 3:53:23 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

davea

Comment:

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AppPlanSpec

@@ -11 +11 @@
 }}}
 
-Name this file '''plan_class_spec.xml''' and put it in your project directory. This will '''replace''' the built in plan classes!
+Name this file '''plan_class_spec.xml''' and put it in your project directory.
+This will '''replace''' the built in plan classes!
 
 == Examples ==
@@ -25 +26 @@
 
  <name>X</name> :: the name of the plan class
- <virtualbox/> :: !VirtualBox application
- <min_cpus>x</min_cpus> :: requires at least X CPUs (may be fractional)
- <max_threads>x</max_threads>:: use at most this many CPUs
- <avg_ncpus>x</avg_ncpus>:: average # CPUs used.  Use for non-compute-intensive apps;
-   for others it's calculated for you.
  <projected_flops_scale>x</projected_flops_scale>:: multiply projected FLOPS by this factor.
    Use this to favor one class over another.
@@ -40 +36 @@
  <project_prefs_tag>x</project_prefs_tag>:: the name of the tag
  <project_prefs_regex>x</project_prefs_regex>:: the contents must match this regular expression
+
+Fields for multicore apps:
+ <min_ncpus>x</min_ncpus> :: run only on hosts with at least X usable CPUs.
+ <max_threads>x</max_threads>:: use at most this many CPUs
 
 Fields for GPU apps:
@@ -122 +122 @@
 Fields for !VirtualBox apps
 
+ <virtualbox/> :: !VirtualBox application; send only to hosts with !VirtualBox installed
  <min_vbox_version>MMmmrr</min_vbox_version>:: minimum !VirtualBox version
  <max_vbox_version>MMmmrr</max_vbox_version>:: maximum !VirtualBox version
- <is64bit/> :: 64-bit application
+ <is64bit/> :: 64-bit application.
+ <vm_accel_required/> ::  send only to hosts with enabled VM hardware acceleration.
+
+Note: !VirtualBox apps can be multicore (set <min_ncpus> and <max_threads>).
+However, when sent to hosts without enabled VM hardware acceleration,
+they'll be run single-core.
+
+Fields for non-compute-intensive apps:
+ <avg_ncpus>x</avg_ncpus>:: average # CPUs used.  Use for non-compute-intensive apps;
+   for others it's calculated for you.