getting the greater checks the right way around

payu/models/cesm_cmeps.py

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def setup(self):
             rootpe = int(self.runconfig.get("PELAYOUT_attributes", f"{realm}_rootpe"))
             pestride = int(self.runconfig.get("PELAYOUT_attributes", f"{realm}_pestride"))
             #rootpe is zero-based
-            if cpucount >= (rootpe + ntasks*pestride):
+            if cpucount <= (rootpe + ntasks*pestride):
                 raise ValueError(
                     f"Insufficient cpus for the {realm} pelayout in nuopc.runconfig"
                 )
@@ -182,14 +182,14 @@ def setup(self):
             else:
                 # if nc_type is netcdf, only one pe is needed
                 ioroot=int(self.runconfig.get(io_section, "pio_root"))
-                if cpucount > int(ioroot):
+                if cpucount <= int(ioroot):
                     raise ValueError(
                         f"Insufficient cpus for the {io_section} ioroot pe in nuopc.runconfig"
                     )
                 if nc_type == "netcdf4p":
                     niotasks=int(self.runconfig.get(io_section, "pio_numiotasks"))
                     iostride=int(self.runconfig.get(io_section, "pio_stride"))
-                    if cpucount >= (ioroot + niotasks*iostride):
+                    if cpucount <= (ioroot + niotasks*iostride):
                         raise ValueError(
                             f"The iolayout for {io_section} in nuopc.runconfig is requesting out of range cpus"
                         )