[Beowulf] PathScale EKOPath goes open source

["C. Bergström"]

  On 06/14/11 09:37 PM, Mark Hahn wrote:
>> Thanks! One question, how does EKOPath differ from
>> the AMD Open64 version?
>
> I'm sure the answer is "history", since they are at least in abstract,
> both forks that have been separately developed for years.  maybe not 
> entirely separately, but certainly by different groups with different 
> foci.
> (not to mention the fact that there seems to be at least 2 open64s.)
>
> but this begs the imvho better question: will ecopath be unified with 
> open64?
There's more "open64's" and forks of EKOPath than I'd like, but I don't 
see any chance of unification in the foreseeable future.  We have 
however been kicking around the idea to offer official support options 
on top of the AMD version.