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diff --git a/RELEASE.txt b/RELEASE.txt index 1455001..96e4e76 100644 --- a/RELEASE.txt +++ b/RELEASE.txt @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ CONTENTS - Supported Configuration Features - Known Problems + New Features ============ * The Virtual File Layer, VFL, was added to replace the old file @@ -65,8 +66,9 @@ New Features VFL 'read' & 'write' calls, so they are aware of the type of data being accessed in the file. Updated the VFL document also. * A new h4toh5 utility, to convert HDF4 files to analogous HDF5 files. - * Added a new array datatype to the datatypes which can be created. Removed - "array fields" from compound datatypes (use an array datatype instead). + * Added a new array datatype to the datatypes which can be created. + Removed "array fields" from compound datatypes (use an array datatype + instead). * Parallel HDF5 works correctly with mpich-1.2.1 on Solaris, SGI, Linux. * You can now install the HDF5 documentation using the ``make install-doc'' command. The documentation is installed in the @@ -75,9 +77,9 @@ New Features * HDF5 can operate correctly in the OpenMP environment in a limited way. Check doc/html/TechNotes/openmp-hdf5.html for details. + h4toh5 Utility ============== - The h4toh5 utility is a new utility that converts an HDF4 file to an HDF5 file. For details, see the document, "Mapping HDF4 Objects to HDF5 Objects": @@ -149,12 +151,12 @@ h4toh5 Utility The h4toh5 utility requires HDF5-1.4.0 and HDF4r1.4 - h4toh5 utility has been tested on all platforms listed below ( see section - "Platforms Tested" ) except TFLOPS. + h4toh5 utility has been tested on all platforms listed below (see + section "Platforms Tested") except TFLOPS. + F90 Support =========== - This is the first release of the HDF5 Library with fully integrated F90 API support. The Fortran Library is created when the --enable-fortran flag is specified during configuration. @@ -168,7 +170,6 @@ F90 Support Changes since the last prototype release (July 2000) ---------------------------------------------------- - * h5open_f and h5close_f must be called instead of h5init_types and h5close_types. @@ -211,29 +212,28 @@ F90 Support C++ Support =========== + This is the first release of the HDF5 Library with fully integrated + C++ API support. The HDF5 C++ library is built when the --enable-cxx + flag is specified during configuration. - This is the first release of the HDF5 Library with fully integrated - C++ API support. The HDF5 C++ library is built when the --enable-cxx - flag is specified during configuration. - - Check the HDF5 Reference Manual for available C++ documentation. + Check the HDF5 Reference Manual for available C++ documentation. - C++ APIs are available for Solaris 2.6 and 2.7, Linux, and FreeBSD. + C++ APIs are available for Solaris 2.6 and 2.7, Linux, and FreeBSD. Pablo Support ============= - This version does not allow proper building of the Pablo-instrumented - version of the library. A version supporting the pablo build is - available on the Pablo Website at - www-pablo.cs.uiuc.edu/pub/Pablo.Release.5/HDFLibrary/hdf5_v1.4.tar.gz + This version does not allow proper building of the Pablo-instrumented + version of the library. A version supporting the pablo build is + available on the Pablo Website at + www-pablo.cs.uiuc.edu/pub/Pablo.Release.5/HDFLibrary/hdf5_v1.4.tar.gz + Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.2.0 ========================== Library ------- - * The function H5Pset_mpi is renamed as H5Pset_fapl_mpio. * Corrected a floating point number conversion error for the Cray J90 platform. The error did not convert the value 0.0 correctly. @@ -285,7 +285,6 @@ Library Configuration ------------- - * The hdf5.h include file was fixed to allow the HDF5 Library to be compiled with other libraries/applications that use GNU autoconf. * Configuration for parallel HDF5 was improved. Configure now attempts @@ -301,145 +300,141 @@ Configuration Tools ----- - * h5dump now accepts both short and long command-line parameters: - -h, --help Print a usage message and exit - -B, --bootblock Print the content of the boot block - -H, --header Print the header only; no data is displayed - -i, --object-ids Print the object ids - -V, --version Print version number and exit - -a P, --attribute=P Print the specified attribute - -d P, --dataset=P Print the specified dataset - -g P, --group=P Print the specified group and all members - -l P, --soft-link=P Print the value(s) of the specified soft link - -o F, --output=F Output raw data into file F - -t T, --datatype=T Print the specified named data type - -w #, --width=# Set the number of columns - - P - is the full path from the root group to the object. - T - is the name of the data type. - F - is a filename. - # - is an integer greater than 1. - * A change from the old way command line parameters were interpreted - is that multiple attributes, datasets, groups, soft-links, and - object-ids cannot be specified with just one flag but you have to - use a flag with each object. I.e., instead of doing this: - - h5dump -a /attr1 /attr2 foo.h5 - - do this: - - h5dump -a /attr1 -a /attr2 foo.h5 - - The cases are similar for the other object types. - * h5dump correctly displays compound datatypes. - * Corrected an error in h5toh4 which did not convert the 32bits - int from HDF5 to HDF4 correctly for the T3E platform. - * h5dump correctly displays the committed copy of predefined types - correctly. - * Added an option, -V, to show the version information of h5dump. - * Fixed a core dumping bug of h5toh4 when executed on platforms like - TFLOPS. - * The test script for h5toh4 used to not able to detect the hdp - dumper command was not valid. It now detects and reports the - failure of hdp execution. - * Merged the tools with the 1.2.2 branch. Required adding new - macros, VERSION12 and VERSION13, used in conditional compilation. - Updated the Windows project files for the tools. - * h5dump displays opaque and bitfield data correctly. - * h5dump and h5ls can browse files created with the Stream VFD - (eg. "h5ls <hostname>:<port>"). - * h5dump has a new feature "-o <filename>" which outputs the raw data - of the dataset into ascii text file <filename>. - * h5toh4 used to converts hdf5 strings type to hdf4 DFNT_INT8 type. - Corrected to produce hdf4 DFNT_CHAR type instead. - * h5dump and h5ls displays array data correctly. + * h5dump now accepts both short and long command-line parameters: + -h, --help Print a usage message and exit + -B, --bootblock Print the content of the boot block + -H, --header Print the header only; no data is displayed + -i, --object-ids Print the object ids + -V, --version Print version number and exit + -a P, --attribute=P Print the specified attribute + -d P, --dataset=P Print the specified dataset + -g P, --group=P Print the specified group and all members + -l P, --soft-link=P Print the value(s) of the specified soft link + -o F, --output=F Output raw data into file F + -t T, --datatype=T Print the specified named data type + -w #, --width=# Set the number of columns + + P - is the full path from the root group to the object. + T - is the name of the data type. + F - is a filename. + # - is an integer greater than 1. + * A change from the old way command line parameters were interpreted + is that multiple attributes, datasets, groups, soft-links, and + object-ids cannot be specified with just one flag but you have to + use a flag with each object. I.e., instead of doing this: + + h5dump -a /attr1 /attr2 foo.h5 + + do this: + + h5dump -a /attr1 -a /attr2 foo.h5 + + The cases are similar for the other object types. + * h5dump correctly displays compound datatypes. + * Corrected an error in h5toh4 which did not convert the 32bits + int from HDF5 to HDF4 correctly for the T3E platform. + * h5dump correctly displays the committed copy of predefined types + correctly. + * Added an option, -V, to show the version information of h5dump. + * Fixed a core dumping bug of h5toh4 when executed on platforms like + TFLOPS. + * The test script for h5toh4 used to not able to detect the hdp + dumper command was not valid. It now detects and reports the + failure of hdp execution. + * Merged the tools with the 1.2.2 branch. Required adding new + macros, VERSION12 and VERSION13, used in conditional compilation. + Updated the Windows project files for the tools. + * h5dump displays opaque and bitfield data correctly. + * h5dump and h5ls can browse files created with the Stream VFD + (eg. "h5ls <hostname>:<port>"). + * h5dump has a new feature "-o <filename>" which outputs the raw data + of the dataset into ascii text file <filename>. + * h5toh4 used to converts hdf5 strings type to hdf4 DFNT_INT8 type. + Corrected to produce hdf4 DFNT_CHAR type instead. + * h5dump and h5ls displays array data correctly. Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.4.0-beta2 ================================ - - * Fixed a bug in the conversion from a little endian double to a big - endian float in some special cases. - * Corrected configuration error which was not including compression - support correctly. - * Cleaned up lots of warnings. - * Changed a few h5dump command line switches and added long versions of - the switches. - * Changed parameters for H5Tconvert, H5Pset_bufer and H5Pget_buffer from - size_t to hsize_t - * Fixed fairly obscure bug in hyperslab I/O which could (in rare cases) - not copy all the data during a transfer. - * Removed ragged array code from library. - * F90 library and module files are installed properly now on all supported - platforms. + * Fixed a bug in the conversion from a little endian double to a big + endian float in some special cases. + * Corrected configuration error which was not including compression + support correctly. + * Cleaned up lots of warnings. + * Changed a few h5dump command line switches and added long versions of + the switches. + * Changed parameters for H5Tconvert, H5Pset_bufer and H5Pget_buffer from + size_t to hsize_t + * Fixed fairly obscure bug in hyperslab I/O which could (in rare cases) + not copy all the data during a transfer. + * Removed ragged array code from library. + * F90 library and module files are installed properly now on all supported + platforms. Documentation ============= - * A new document summarizing the changes in the library leading up to - the current release has been added: - HDF5 Software Changes from Release to Release - This document is in the Application Developer's Guide and is of - particular interest to developers who must keep an application - synchronized with the library. - * The documentation for the Fortran90 and C++ APIs is linked to the - opening page of the Reference Manual. Fortran90 functions are - individually referenced from the corresponding C functions through- - out the Reference Manual. - * User's Guide and Reference Manual were updated to reflect changed - function syntax and to fix reported bugs. - * Functions that are new at this release were added to the Reference - Manual. - * Functions that have been removed from the library were removed from - the User's Guide and the Reference Manual. - * PostScript and PDF versions of the Release 1.4 document set are - not available at the time of Release 1.4.0. + * A new document summarizing the changes in the library leading up to + the current release has been added: + HDF5 Software Changes from Release to Release + This document is in the Application Developer's Guide and is of + particular interest to developers who must keep an application + synchronized with the library. + * The documentation for the Fortran90 and C++ APIs is linked to the + opening page of the Reference Manual. Fortran90 functions are + individually referenced from the corresponding C functions through- + out the Reference Manual. + * User's Guide and Reference Manual were updated to reflect changed + function syntax and to fix reported bugs. + * Functions that are new at this release were added to the Reference + Manual. + * Functions that have been removed from the library were removed from + the User's Guide and the Reference Manual. + * PostScript and PDF versions of the Release 1.4 document set are + not available at the time of Release 1.4.0. Platforms Tested ================ - - - AIX 4.3.3.0 (IBM SP powerpc) xlc 3.6.6 - mpcc_r 3.6.6 - Cray T3E sn6711 2.0.5.45 Cray Standard C Version 6.4.0.0 - Cray Fortran Version 3.4.0.2 - Cray SV1 sn9605 10.0.0.7 Cray Standard C Version 6.4.0.0 - Cray Fortran Version 3.4.0.2 - FreeBSD 4.2 gcc 2.95.2 - g++ 2.95.2 - HP-UX B.10.20 HP C HP92453-01 A.10.32.30 - HP-UX B.11.00 HP C HP92453-01 A.11.00.13 - IRIX 6.5 MIPSpro cc 7.30 - mpich-1.2.1 - IRIX64 6.5 (64 & n32) MIPSpro cc 7.3.1m - mpt.1.4.0.2 - mpich-1.2.1 - Linux 2.2.16-3smp gcc-2.95.2 - g++ 2.95.2 - pgf90 3.1-3 - mpich-1.2.1 - OSF1 V4.0 DEC-V5.2-040 - Digital Fortran 90 V4.1-270 - SunOS 5.6 WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C 5.0 - (Solaris 2.6) WorkShop Compilers 5.0 99/10/25 Fortran 90 - 2.0 Patch 107356-04 - Workshop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C++ 5.0 - SunOS 5.7 WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C 5.0 - (Solaris 2.7) WorkShop Compilers 5.0 99/10/25 Fortran 90 - 2.0 Patch 107356-04 - Workshop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C++ 5.0 - mpich-1.2.1 - SunOS 5.5.1 gcc-2.7.2 - (Solaris 2.5.1 (x86)) - TFLOPS r1.0.4 v4.0 mpich-1.2.1 with local changes - Windows NT4.0, 2000 (NT5.0) MSVC++ 6.0 - Windows 98 MSVC++ 6.0 + AIX 4.3.3.0 (IBM SP powerpc) xlc 3.6.6 + mpcc_r 3.6.6 + Cray T3E sn6711 2.0.5.45 Cray Standard C Version 6.4.0.0 + Cray Fortran Version 3.4.0.2 + Cray SV1 sn9605 10.0.0.7 Cray Standard C Version 6.4.0.0 + Cray Fortran Version 3.4.0.2 + FreeBSD 4.2 gcc 2.95.2 + g++ 2.95.2 + HP-UX B.10.20 HP C HP92453-01 A.10.32.30 + HP-UX B.11.00 HP C HP92453-01 A.11.00.13 + IRIX 6.5 MIPSpro cc 7.30 + mpich-1.2.1 + IRIX64 6.5 (64 & n32) MIPSpro cc 7.3.1m + mpt.1.4.0.2 + mpich-1.2.1 + Linux 2.2.16-3smp gcc-2.95.2 + g++ 2.95.2 + pgf90 3.1-3 + mpich-1.2.1 + OSF1 V4.0 DEC-V5.2-040 + Digital Fortran 90 V4.1-270 + SunOS 5.6 WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C 5.0 + (Solaris 2.6) WorkShop Compilers 5.0 99/10/25 Fortran 90 + 2.0 Patch 107356-04 + Workshop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C++ 5.0 + SunOS 5.7 WorkShop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C 5.0 + (Solaris 2.7) WorkShop Compilers 5.0 99/10/25 Fortran 90 + 2.0 Patch 107356-04 + Workshop Compilers 5.0 98/12/15 C++ 5.0 + mpich-1.2.1 + SunOS 5.5.1 gcc-2.7.2 + (Solaris 2.5.1 (x86)) + TFLOPS r1.0.4 v4.0 mpich-1.2.1 with local changes + Windows NT4.0, 2000 (NT5.0) MSVC++ 6.0 + Windows 98 MSVC++ 6.0 Supported Configuration Features Summary ======================================== - In the tables below y = tested and supported n = not supported or not working in this release @@ -495,95 +490,95 @@ Supported Configuration Features Summary Known Problems ============== + * The stream-vfd test uses ip port 10007 for testing. If another + application is already using that port address, the test will hang + indefinitely and has to be terminated by the kill command. To try the + test again, change the port address in test/stream_test.c to one not + being used in the host. + + * The --enable-static-exec configure flag fails to compile for Solaris + platforms. This is due to the fact that not all of the system + libraries on Solaris are available in a static format. + + The --enable-static-exec configure flag also fails to correctly compile + on Linux platforms using the gcc-2.95.2 compiler. + + The --enable-static-exec configure flag also fails to correctly compile + on IBM SP2 platform for the serial mode. The parallel mode works fine + with this option. -* The stream-vfd test uses ip port 10007 for testing. If another application - is already using that port address, the test will hang indefinitely and - has to be terminated by the kill command. To try the test again, change - the port address in test/stream_test.c to one not being used in the host. - -* The --enable-static-exec configure flag fails to compile for Solaris - platforms. This is due to the fact that not all of the system - libraries on Solaris are available in a static format. - - The --enable-static-exec configure flag also fails to correctly compile - on Linux platforms using the gcc-2.95.2 compiler. - - The --enable-static-exec configure flag also fails to correctly compile - on IBM SP2 platform for the serial mode. The parallel mode works fine - with this option. - - The compilation fails if configured with --enable-static-exec on IRIX 6.5. + The compilation fails if configured with --enable-static-exec on IRIX 6.5. - The executable files in hdf5/bin are dynamic-linked for IRIX64 6.5(64 and - n32 modes) and IRIX 6.5, even though they are compiled with static library. + The executable files in hdf5/bin are dynamic-linked for IRIX64 6.5(64 and + n32 modes) and IRIX 6.5, even though they are compiled with static library. - It is suggested that you don't use this option on these platforms - during configuration. + It is suggested that you don't use this option on these platforms + during configuration. -* testhdf5 got bus error with configuration options --prefix and --with-hdf4 - on IRIX 6.5. + * testhdf5 got bus error with configuration options --prefix and --with-hdf4 + on IRIX 6.5. -* With the gcc 2.95.2 compiler, HDF 5 uses the `-ansi' flag during - compilation. The ANSI version of the compiler complains about not being - able to handle the `long long' datatype with the warning: + * With the gcc 2.95.2 compiler, HDF 5 uses the `-ansi' flag during + compilation. The ANSI version of the compiler complains about not being + able to handle the `long long' datatype with the warning: - warning: ANSI C does not support `long long' + warning: ANSI C does not support `long long' - This warning is innocuous and can be safely ignored. - -* SunOS 5.6 with C WorkShop Compilers 4.2: Hyperslab selections will - fail if library is compiled using optimization of any level. - -* When building hdf5 tools and applications on windows platform, a linking - warning: defaultlib "LIBC" conflicts with use of other libs will appear - on debug version when running VC++6.0. This warning doesn't affect building - and testing hdf5 applications. We will continue investigating this. - -* h5toh4 converter fails two cases(tstr.h5 and tmany.h5) for release dll version on - windows 2000 and NT. - The reason is possibly due to windows NT DLL convention on freeing memory. It seems - that memory cannot be free across library or DLL. It is still under investigated. - -* HDF-GASS testings and testhdf5 in the test directory will get bus error if - the configured with --with-gass. - -* HDF-SRB testing got segmentation error on Solaris 2.7. - -* The Stream VFD was not tested yet under Windows. - It is not supported in the TFLOPS machine. - -* Shared library option is broken for IBM SP and some Origin 2000 platforms. - One needs to run ./configure with '--disable-shared --enable-static'. - -* The ./dsets tests failed in the TFLOPS machine if the test program, - dsets.c, is compiled with the -O option. The hdf5 library still works - correctly with the -O option. The test program works fine if it is - compiled with -O1 or -O0. Only -O (same as -O2) causes the test - program to fail. - -* Certain platforms give false negatives when testing h5ls: - - Solaris x86 2.5.1, Cray T3E and Cray J90 give errors during testing - when displaying object references in certain files. These are benign - differences due to the difference in sizes of the objects created on - those platforms. h5ls appears to be dumping object references - correctly. - - Cray J90 give errors during testing when displaying - some floating-point values. These are benign differences due to the - different precision in the values displayed and h5ls appears to be - dumping floating-point numbers correctly. - -* Before building HDF5 F90 Library from source on Crays (T3E and SV1) - replace H5Aff.f90, H5Dff.f90 and H5Pff.f90 files in the fortran/src subdirectory - in the top level directory with the Cray-specific files from the - ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF5/hdf5-1.4.0/src/crayf90/ directory. - -* The h4toh5 utility produces images that do not correctly conform - to the HDF5 Image and Palette Specification. - - http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc/ImageSpec.html - - Several required HDF5 attributes are omitted, and the dataspace - is reversed (i.e., the ht. and width of the image dataset is - incorrectly described.) For more information, please see: - - http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/H5Image/ImageDetails.htm + This warning is innocuous and can be safely ignored. + + * SunOS 5.6 with C WorkShop Compilers 4.2: Hyperslab selections will + fail if library is compiled using optimization of any level. + + * When building hdf5 tools and applications on windows platform, a linking + warning: defaultlib "LIBC" conflicts with use of other libs will appear + on debug version when running VC++6.0. This warning doesn't affect building + and testing hdf5 applications. We will continue investigating this. + + * h5toh4 converter fails two cases(tstr.h5 and tmany.h5) for release dll + version on windows 2000 and NT. The reason is possibly due to Windows NT + DLL convention on freeing memory. It seems that memory cannot be freed + across library or DLL. It is still under investigation. + + * HDF-GASS testings and testhdf5 in the test directory will get bus error if + the configured with --with-gass. + + * HDF-SRB testing got segmentation error on Solaris 2.7. + + * The Stream VFD was not tested yet under Windows. + It is not supported in the TFLOPS machine. + + * Shared library option is broken for IBM SP and some Origin 2000 platforms. + One needs to run ./configure with '--disable-shared --enable-static'. + + * The ./dsets tests failed in the TFLOPS machine if the test program, + dsets.c, is compiled with the -O option. The hdf5 library still works + correctly with the -O option. The test program works fine if it is + compiled with -O1 or -O0. Only -O (same as -O2) causes the test + program to fail. + + * Certain platforms give false negatives when testing h5ls: + - Solaris x86 2.5.1, Cray T3E and Cray J90 give errors during testing + when displaying object references in certain files. These are benign + differences due to the difference in sizes of the objects created on + those platforms. h5ls appears to be dumping object references + correctly. + - Cray J90 give errors during testing when displaying + some floating-point values. These are benign differences due to the + different precision in the values displayed and h5ls appears to be + dumping floating-point numbers correctly. + + * Before building HDF5 F90 Library from source on Crays (T3E and SV1) + replace H5Aff.f90, H5Dff.f90 and H5Pff.f90 files in the fortran/src + subdirectory in the top level directory with the Cray-specific files from + the ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF/HDF5/hdf5-1.4.0/src/crayf90/ directory. + + * The h4toh5 utility produces images that do not correctly conform + to the HDF5 Image and Palette Specification. + + http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc/ImageSpec.html + + Several required HDF5 attributes are omitted, and the dataspace + is reversed (i.e., the ht. and width of the image dataset is + incorrectly described.) For more information, please see: + + http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/H5Image/ImageDetails.htm |