Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:51:25 +0000 From: Lorenzo Salvadore <salvadore@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org Cc: GenericRikka <rikka.goering@outlook.de> Subject: git: 3b581b5b09 - main - Status/2026Q1/hpc-ports-modernization.adoc: Add report Message-ID: <69d8e43d.26c9b.61b3a641@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by salvadore: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=3b581b5b09b176ef73dba41aa6d43e85636ede41 commit 3b581b5b09b176ef73dba41aa6d43e85636ede41 Author: GenericRikka <rikka.goering@outlook.de> AuthorDate: 2026-03-14 18:42:18 +0000 Commit: Lorenzo Salvadore <salvadore@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2026-04-10 11:37:07 +0000 Status/2026Q1/hpc-ports-modernization.adoc: Add report Pull Request: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/pull/621 --- .../hpc-ports-modernization.adoc | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+) diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2026-01-2026-03/hpc-ports-modernization.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2026-01-2026-03/hpc-ports-modernization.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..15efa0c924 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2026-01-2026-03/hpc-ports-modernization.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +=== FreeBSD HPC Modernization Initiative: Ecosystem Expansion and Upstream Integration + +Links: + +link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/tree/sysutils/slurm-wlm/[sysutils/slurm-wlm] URL: link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/tree/sysutils/slurm-wlm/[] + +link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/tree/net/pmix/[net/pmix] URL: link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/tree/net/pmix/[] + +link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/tree/net/prrte/[net/prrte] URL: link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/tree/net/prrte/[] + +link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/tree/net/openmpi/[net/openmpi] URL: link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/tree/net/openmpi/[] + +link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/tree/net/ucx/[net/ucx] URL: link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/tree/net/ucx/[] + +link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/tree/benchmarks/py-reframe-hpc/[benchmarks/py-reframe-hpc] URL: link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/tree/benchmarks/py-reframe-hpc/[] + +link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/tree/sysutils/mpifileutils/[sysutils/mpifileutils] URL: link:https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/tree/sysutils/mpifileutils/[] + +Contact: Generic Rikka <rikka.goering@outlook.de> + +This report continues the ongoing FreeBSD HPC Ports Modernization initiative, which aims to make FreeBSD a practical and maintainable platform for modern high-performance computing (HPC) software stacks. + +Previous work focused on updating the core scheduler and runtime stack by modernizing package:sysutils/slurm-wlm[] and introducing standalone ports for package:net/pmix[] and package:net/prrte[]. +During this quarter the focus shifted toward expanding the surrounding HPC ecosystem, improving integration between components, and upstreaming portability fixes discovered during the porting process. + +The long-term goal is to provide a coherent HPC software environment in the FreeBSD Ports Collection that resembles what users expect on Linux-based HPC systems while remaining maintainable within the FreeBSD ecosystem. + +==== Work completed + +* Continued tracking upstream releases of package:sysutils/slurm-wlm[], keeping the FreeBSD port current with the latest upstream versions. + Recent updates confirm that Slurm can successfully schedule and execute jobs on FreeBSD with only a minimal patchset. +* Introduced package:net/ucx[], providing the Unified Communication X framework used by modern MPI implementations for high-performance communication. +* Added package:benchmarks/py-reframe-hpc[], enabling regression testing and validation workflows commonly used on production HPC clusters. +* Continued improving interoperability between package:net/openmpi[], package:net/ucx[], package:net/pmix[], and package:net/prrte[] within the FreeBSD Ports Collection. + +==== Work in progress + +* Porting package:sysutils/mpifileutils[] and its dependency stack (package:devel/libcircle[], package:devel/lwgrp[], package:devel/dtcmp[]) to provide MPI-parallel file utilities commonly used on large HPC filesystems. +* Upstreaming portability fixes discovered during the porting process to projects such as UCX and mpifileutils, reducing the need for FreeBSD-specific patches. +* Ongoing collaboration with SchedMD developers to upstream improvements discovered while maintaining Slurm on FreeBSD. +* Coordination with the OpenMPI ports maintainer to improve integration between OpenMPI and modern networking frameworks such as UCX. + +==== Future plans + +* Continue expanding the HPC software ecosystem available in the FreeBSD Ports Collection. +* Further reduce local patchsets by contributing portability fixes upstream whenever possible. +* Develop documentation describing how the Slurm + OpenMPI + PMIx + PRRTE + UCX stack can be deployed together on FreeBSD, lowering the barrier for users who want to experiment with HPC workloads on the platform. +* Provide example configurations and integration guidance so that FreeBSD can serve as a realistic development and testing environment for HPC software.home | help
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