Sorry, I guess I forgot to subscrib to this thead, never got notification for the questions. I am not sure what configuration file you are referring to. But right now I have bunch of BLAS files stucked on my RHEL5.8: The system load is extremely high (with make -j4), the top shows: PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 17683 simdev 25 0 4037m 2.1g 8772 R 100.0 13.3 692:12.81 mcpcom 26324 simdev 25 0 2078m 1.9g 8976 R 100.0 12.3 156:13.04 mcpcom 7755 simdev 25 0 4156m 2.0g 8772 R 99.8 12.8 735:02.55 mcpcom 26385 simdev 25 0 2128m 2.0g 8972 R 99.8 12.6 166:55.76 mcpcom 6137 simdev 25 0 4762m 1.3g 8776 R 96.5 8.1 1002:56 mcpcom 26185 simdev 25 0 2263m 2.1g 8980 R 50.2 13.4 157:44.41 mcpcom 26890 simdev 25 0 1847m 1.7g 8940 R 49.9 10.9 124:59.75 mcpcom For now, I can switch to use gcc to build all C libraries as a work around. [root@macosx usr]# ps -ef | grep simdev simdev 660 1 0 15:01 ? 00:00:00 intelremotemond simdev 6129 22825 0 Nov04 ? 00:00:01 /opt/intel/composer_xe_2013_sp1.0.080/bin/intel64/icc -I/Ydir/savesets/v750/s -I. -I/Ydir/savesets/v750/s/xblas/src -c -fPIC -DGT_DOUBLE_PRECISION -DGTDOUBLE -DCONFIG_FC_UNDERSCORE -DCONFIG_FC_RETURNS_DBL_REAL -O2 -Dlinux -D_ALL_UNIX_ -DGNUC3 -DINTEL_IA32 -o COMMON/obj/BLAS_ctrsv_x.o /Ydir/savesets/v750/s/xblas/src/trsv/BLAS_ctrsv_x.c simdev 6137 6129 87 Nov04 ? 16:39:52 /opt/intel/composer_xe_2013_sp1.0.080/bin/intel64/mcpcom @/tmp/iccargoCJ3WR simdev 7747 22825 0 01:05 ? 00:00:01 /opt/intel/composer_xe_2013_sp1.0.080/bin/intel64/icc -I/Ydir/savesets/v750/s -I. -I/Ydir/savesets/v750/s/xblas/src -c -fPIC -DGT_DOUBLE_PRECISION -DGTDOUBLE -DCONFIG_FC_UNDERSCORE -DCONFIG_FC_RETURNS_DBL_REAL -O2 -Dlinux -D_ALL_UNIX_ -DGNUC3 -DINTEL_IA32 -o COMMON/obj/BLAS_ztrsv_c_x.o /Ydir/savesets/v750/s/xblas/src/trsv/BLAS_ztrsv_c_x.c simdev 7755 7747 83 01:05 ? 12:11:49 /opt/intel/composer_xe_2013_sp1.0.080/bin/intel64/mcpcom @/tmp/iccarg2OFI18 root 11553 16213 0 15:43 pts/2 00:00:00 grep simdev simdev 17675 22825 0 01:57 ? 00:00:00 /opt/intel/composer_xe_2013_sp1.0.080/bin/intel64/icc -I/Ydir/savesets/v750/s -I. -I/Ydir/savesets/v750/s/xblas/src -c -fPIC -DGT_DOUBLE_PRECISION -DGTDOUBLE -DCONFIG_FC_UNDERSCORE -DCONFIG_FC_RETURNS_DBL_REAL -O2 -Dlinux -D_ALL_UNIX_ -DGNUC3 -DINTEL_IA32 -o COMMON/obj/BLAS_ztrsv_x.o /Ydir/savesets/v750/s/xblas/src/trsv/BLAS_ztrsv_x.c simdev 17683 17675 83 01:57 ? 11:28:59 /opt/intel/composer_xe_2013_sp1.0.080/bin/intel64/mcpcom @/tmp/iccargJMVPkF root 22692 3059 0 Nov04 ? 00:00:00 sshd: simdev [priv] simdev 22694 22692 0 Nov04 ? 00:00:00 sshd: simdev@notty simdev 22695 22694 0 Nov04 ? 00:00:00 bash -c cd /User/simdev/GTI/v7.5.0/build/linux_x86_64rt_dp/release ; make -k -j4 -f /User/gtadmin/build/v750/linux_x86_64rt_dp/build_GTsuite RDOPTION=release ACCOUNT=simdev HOST=macosx simdev 22825 22695 0 Nov04 ? 00:00:03 make -k -j4 -f /User/gtadmin/build/v750/linux_x86_64rt_dp/build_GTsuite RDOPTION=release ACCOUNT=simdev HOST=macosx root 24645 3059 0 07:16 ? 00:00:00 sshd: simdev [priv] simdev 24647 24645 0 07:16 ? 00:00:00 sshd: simdev@notty simdev 24648 24647 0 07:16 ? 00:00:00 bash -c cd /User/simdev/GTI/v7.5.0/build/linux_x86_64rtstatic_dp/release ; make -k -j4 -f /User/gtadmin/build/v750/linux_x86_64rtstatic_dp/build_GTsuite RDOPTION=release ACCOUNT=simdev HOST=macosx simdev 24778 24648 0 07:16 ? 00:00:02 make -k -j4 -f /User/gtadmin/build/v750/linux_x86_64rtstatic_dp/build_GTsuite RDOPTION=release ACCOUNT=simdev HOST=macosx simdev 26177 24778 0 12:31 ? 00:00:00 /opt/intel/composer_xe_2013_sp1.0.080/bin/intel64/icc -I/Ydir/savesets/v750/s -I. -I/Ydir/savesets/v750/s/xblas/src -c -fPIC -DGT_DOUBLE_PRECISION -DGTDOUBLE -DCONFIG_FC_UNDERSCORE -DCONFIG_FC_RETURNS_DBL_REAL -O2 -Dlinux -D_ALL_UNIX_ -DGNUC3 -DINTEL_IA32 -o COMMON/obj/BLAS_ctbsv_x.o /Ydir/savesets/v750/s/xblas/src/tbsv/BLAS_ctbsv_x.c simdev 26185 26177 81 12:31 ? 02:36:07 /opt/intel/composer_xe_2013_sp1.0.080/bin/intel64/mcpcom @/tmp/iccargs3kfNS simdev 26316 24778 0 12:31 ? 00:00:00 /opt/intel/composer_xe_2013_sp1.0.080/bin/intel64/icc -I/Ydir/savesets/v750/s -I. -I/Ydir/savesets/v750/s/xblas/src -c -fPIC -DGT_DOUBLE_PRECISION -DGTDOUBLE -DCONFIG_FC_UNDERSCORE -DCONFIG_FC_RETURNS_DBL_REAL -O2 -Dlinux -D_ALL_UNIX_ -DGNUC3 -DINTEL_IA32 -o COMMON/obj/BLAS_ztbsv_c_x.o /Ydir/savesets/v750/s/xblas/src/tbsv/BLAS_ztbsv_c_x.c simdev 26324 26316 79 12:31 ? 02:32:59 /opt/intel/composer_xe_2013_sp1.0.080/bin/intel64/mcpcom @/tmp/iccargjesW7Y simdev 26371 24778 0 12:31 ? 00:00:00 /opt/intel/composer_xe_2013_sp1.0.080/bin/intel64/icc -I/Ydir/savesets/v750/s -I. -I/Ydir/savesets/v750/s/xblas/src -c -fPIC -DGT_DOUBLE_PRECISION -DGTDOUBLE -DCONFIG_FC_UNDERSCORE -DCONFIG_FC_RETURNS_DBL_REAL -O2 -Dlinux -D_ALL_UNIX_ -DGNUC3 -DINTEL_IA32 -o COMMON/obj/BLAS_ztbsv_x.o /Ydir/savesets/v750/s/xblas/src/tbsv/BLAS_ztbsv_x.c simdev 26385 26371 85 12:31 ? 02:43:42 /opt/intel/composer_xe_2013_sp1.0.080/bin/intel64/mcpcom @/tmp/iccargvOkUI3 simdev 26882 24778 0 12:32 ? 00:00:00 /opt/intel/composer_xe_2013_sp1.0.080/bin/intel64/icc -I/Ydir/savesets/v750/s -I. -I/Ydir/savesets/v750/s/xblas/src -c -fPIC -DGT_DOUBLE_PRECISION -DGTDOUBLE -DCONFIG_FC_UNDERSCORE -DCONFIG_FC_RETURNS_DBL_REAL -O2 -Dlinux -D_ALL_UNIX_ -DGNUC3 -DINTEL_IA32 -o COMMON/obj/BLAS_ctrsv_x.o /Ydir/savesets/v750/s/xblas/src/trsv/BLAS_ctrsv_x.c simdev 26890 26882 64 12:32 ? 02:03:23 /opt/intel/composer_xe_2013_sp1.0.080/bin/intel64/mcpcom @/tmp/iccargAJX9Nb