[gmx-developers] Inconsistent force calculating result between generic kernel and interaction-specific kernel?

[Mark Abraham]

On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 1:44 AM, Mark Tianwu Zang <zangtw at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
> I have inserted only a few lines after update() in md.c to monitor how
> forces change after every step. My codes are very simple, just like:
>
> for i=0 to md->nalloc
>  fprintf f[i][0], f[i][1], f[i][2]
>

That seems like the hard way to do it, with nstfout available in the .mdp
file.

However, I found the results of my output become quite different after
> exporting GMX_NB_GENERIC=1, which means the forces calculated by generic
> kernel and interaction-specific kernel are not the same. I am a little
> confused now.. It this phenomena quite normal or I ignored something
> important?
>

AFAIK the generic kernel should serve as a reference for the
interaction-specific kernels. If not, there might a problem to fix. Hard to
say without context.

Mark

Thanks a lot!
> -Mark
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