[gmx-users] How do I get to know the meaning of the first column in log file?

[Theodore Si]

For example, in the following form, what does Wait + Comm. F mean? Is
there a webpage that explains the forms in log file?


R E A L C Y C L E A N D T I M E A C C O U N T I N G

Computing: Nodes Th. Count Wall t (s) G-Cycles %
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Domain decomp. 24 2 801 2.827 351.962 5.7
DD comm. load 24 2 800 0.077 9.604 0.2
DD comm. bounds 24 2 800 0.354 44.014 0.7
Neighbor search 24 2 801 1.077 134.117 2.2
Launch GPU ops. 24 2 40002 1.518 189.021 3.1
Comm. coord. 24 2 19200 2.009 250.121 4.0
Force 24 2 20001 8.478 1055.405 17.0
Wait + Comm. F 24 2 20001 1.967 244.901 4.0
PME mesh 24 2 20001 24.064 2995.784 48.4
Wait GPU nonlocal 24 2 20001 0.170 21.212 0.3
Wait GPU local 24 2 20001 0.072 8.935 0.1
NB X/F buffer ops. 24 2 78402 0.627 78.050 1.3
Write traj. 24 2 2 0.037 4.569 0.1
Update 24 2 20001 0.497 61.874 1.0
Constraints 24 2 20001 4.198 522.645 8.4
Comm. energies 24 2 801 0.293 36.500 0.6
Rest 24 1.478 184.033 3.0
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Total 24 49.744 6192.746 100.0
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PME redist. X/F 24 2 40002 6.199 771.670 12.5
PME spread/gather 24 2 40002 7.194 895.557 14.5
PME 3D-FFT 24 2 40002 2.727 339.480 5.5
PME 3D-FFT Comm. 24 2 80004 7.460 928.742 15.0
PME solve 24 2 20001 0.434 53.968 0.9
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