[svn-r5394] Purpose:

    Document new VFL flush parameter.

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/html/ADGuide/Changes.html b/doc/html/ADGuide/Changes.html
index fc5a8c6..11ae05e 100755
--- a/doc/html/ADGuide/Changes.html
+++ b/doc/html/ADGuide/Changes.html
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ H5function6
         The following functions have changed slightly.
         <dir>
         <dl>
+        <dt><code>VFL 'flush' function</code>
+          <dd>Added an 'hbool_t closing' parameter to the parameters for
+                VFL 'flush' functions.  When this parameter is set to non-zero,
+                it indicates that the file will be closed immediately after
+                the flush operation and the VFL driver may avoid syncronization
+                operations that are duplicated in the 'close' function.
         <dt><code>H5function</code>
           <dd>Description of change
         </dl>
diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index 7f98eb5..bb4a1de 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -162,8 +162,14 @@ Documentation
 New Features
 ============
 
+    * Modified VFL file driver 'flush' function to accept an extra parameter,
+      which indicates that the file will be immediately closed.  This may allow
+      VFL drivers to bypass syncronizations that are also performed when the
+      file is closed.  Specifically, the MPI-I/O VFL driver bypasses the
+      MPI_File_sync() call, since MPI_File_close performs file syncronization
+      also.  QAK - 2002/05/10
     * Allow the metadata writes to be shared among all processes, easing the
-      burden on process 0.
+      burden on process 0.  QAK - 2002/05/10
     * New functions H5Glink2 and H5Gmove2 were added to allow link and move to
       be in different locations in the same file.  The old functions H5Glink 
       and H5Gmove remain valid.  SLU - 2002/04/26