Compatibility Control 

I_MPI_COMPATIBILITY 

Select the runtime compatibility mode.

Syntax 

I_MPI_COMPATIBILITY=<value>

Arguments

<value> 

Define compatibility mode 

not defined

Enable MPI-2.2 standard compatibility. This is the default mode

3

Enable the Intel® MPI Library 3.x compatible mode 

4

Enable the Intel® MPI Library 4.0.x compatible mode  

Description

Set this environment variable to choose the Intel® MPI runtime compatible mode. By default, the library complies with the MPI-2.2 standard. If your application depends on the MPI-2.1 behavior, set the value of the environment variable I_MPI_COMPATIBILITY to 4. If your application depends on the pre-MPI-2.1 behavior, set the value of the environment variable I_MPI_COMPATIBILITY to 3.