diff --git a/docs/tuning-apps/networking/tcp.rst b/docs/tuning-apps/networking/tcp.rst index 07dc893e036..0dc1cade211 100644 --- a/docs/tuning-apps/networking/tcp.rst +++ b/docs/tuning-apps/networking/tcp.rst @@ -247,20 +247,15 @@ not use specific IP networks |mdash| or not use any IP networks at all .. warning:: If you use the ``btl_tcp_if_include`` and ``btl_tcp_if_exclude`` MCA parameters to shape the behavior of the TCP BTL for MPI communications, you may - also need/want to investigate the corresponding MCA - parameters ``oob_tcp_if_include`` and - ``oob_tcp_if_exclude``, which are used to shape non-MPI - TCP-based communication (e.g., communications setup and - coordination during ``MPI_INIT`` and ``MPI_FINALIZE``). - -.. error:: TODO do corresponding OOB TCP params still exist in PMIx? - -Note that Open MPI will still use TCP for control messages, such as -data between ``mpirun`` and the MPI processes, rendezvous information -during ``MPI_INIT``, etc. To disable TCP altogether, you also need to -disable the ``tcp`` component from the OOB framework. - -.. error:: TODO Is this possible in PMIx? I doubt it...? + also need/want to investigate the corresponding PRRTE + parameters that control use of network interfaces by the runtime + (e.g., communications setup and coordination during + ``MPI_INIT`` and ``MPI_FINALIZE``) using the `prte_info `_ + and `pmix_info `_ commands. + +Note that the Open MPI runtime uses TCP for control messages, such as +for data exchange between ``mpirun`` and the MPI processes, rendezvous information +during ``MPI_INIT``, etc. even if the ``tcp`` BTL component is disabled. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////