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[Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 04:58:06PM +0100, Garth N. Wells wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Anders Logg <logg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > What's the purpose of the PaStiX solver? PETSc can be configured to
> > download and use PaStiX.
> >
>
> (1) PaStiX was (and probably still is) completely broken via PETSc
> (2) PETSc exposes almost no PaStiX options, and some PaStiX options
> have a significant impact on performance
>
> Likewise for MUMPS on point (2).

ok, thanks.

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Anders