[svn-r11600] Snapshot version 1.6 release 5 (pre1)

1 files changed, 111 insertions, 64 deletions

diff --git a/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt b/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt
index a8dc5ab..68b066d 100644
--- a/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-HDF5 version 1.6.5-snap1 released on Sun Sep 18 17:32:22 CDT 2005
+HDF5 version 1.6.5-pre1 released on Sun Oct 23 17:50:56 CDT 2005
 ================================================================================
 
 INTRODUCTION
@@ -35,11 +35,17 @@ CONTENTS
 
 New Features
 ============
+    Configuration:
+    -------------------------
+	- Configure now recognizes the TR variable as the location of the
+          tr utility.  JML 2005/10/20
+
     Source code distribution:
     -------------------------
-       - Added MD5 checksumming to snapshot releases.  Releases will now
-         produce a .md5 file as well as a .tar archive.  md5sum can be
-         used to verify the arvhice with the .md5 checksum.  -JL 2005/09/06
+	- Added g95 as a testing "platform" informally. AKC - 2005/10/04.
+        - Added MD5 checksumming to snapshot releases.  Releases will now
+          produce a .md5 file as well as a .tar archive.  md5sum can be
+          used to verify the arvhice with the .md5 checksum.  -JL 2005/09/06
 
     Library:
     --------
@@ -53,36 +59,37 @@ New Features
 
     Parallel Library:
     -----------------
- - HDF5 supports collective MPI-IO for irregular selection with HDF5
-         dataset. Irregular selection is when users use API H5Sselect_hyperslab
-         more than once for the same dataset.
-         Currently, not all MPI-IO packages support complicated MPI derived
-                     datatype used in the implementation of irregular
-                     selection INSIDE HDF5. 
-                     1) DEC 5.x is not supporting complicated derived datatype.
-                     2) For AIX 5.1,
-                     if your poe version number is 3.2.0.19 or lower,
-                     please edit powerpc-ibm-aix5.x under hdf5/config,
-                     Find the line with
-                            << hdf5_mpi_complex_derived_datatype_works>>
-                     and UNCOMMENT this line before the configure.
-                     check poe version with the following command:
-                     lpp -l all | grep ppe.poe
-                     3) For Linux cluster, 
-                        if mpich version is 1.2.5 or lower, collective irregular selection
-                        IO is not supported, internally independent IO is used.
-                     4) For IRIX 6.5,
-                        if C compiler version is 7.3 or lower, collective irregular selection
-                        IO is not supported, internally independent IO is used.
-                     5) For platforms which internally used mpich, if the
-                        mpich version is 1.2.5 or lower, please find the 
-                        corresponding config file and add
-                        hdf5_mpi_complex_derived_datatype_works='no' at the
-                        end of the configuration file. For example, at NCSA
-                        SGI Altix, the internal mpich library is 1.2.5. So 
-                        hdf5_mpi_complex_derived_datatype_works='no' should be
-                        added at the end of the config file ia64-linux-gnu.
-                     KY - 2005/09/12
+	- Added mpich2 as a testing "platform" informally. AKC - 2005/10/04.
+	- HDF5 supports collective MPI-IO for irregular selection with HDF5
+          dataset. Irregular selection is when users use API H5Sselect_hyperslab
+          more than once for the same dataset.
+          Currently, not all MPI-IO packages support complicated MPI derived
+	     datatype used in the implementation of irregular
+	     selection INSIDE HDF5. 
+	     1) DEC 5.x is not supporting complicated derived datatype.
+	     2) For AIX 5.1,
+	     if your poe version number is 3.2.0.19 or lower,
+	     please edit powerpc-ibm-aix5.x under hdf5/config,
+	     Find the line with
+		    << hdf5_mpi_complex_derived_datatype_works>>
+	     and UNCOMMENT this line before the configure.
+	     check poe version with the following command:
+	     lpp -l all | grep ppe.poe
+	     3) For Linux cluster, 
+		if mpich version is 1.2.5 or lower, collective irregular selection
+		IO is not supported, internally independent IO is used.
+	     4) For IRIX 6.5,
+		if C compiler version is 7.3 or lower, collective irregular selection
+		IO is not supported, internally independent IO is used.
+	     5) For platforms which internally used mpich, if the
+		mpich version is 1.2.5 or lower, please find the 
+		corresponding config file and add
+		hdf5_mpi_complex_derived_datatype_works='no' at the
+		end of the configuration file. For example, at NCSA
+		SGI Altix, the internal mpich library is 1.2.5. So 
+		hdf5_mpi_complex_derived_datatype_works='no' should be
+		added at the end of the config file ia64-linux-gnu.
+		 KY - 2005/09/12
     Tools:
     ------
         - Sped up h5dump on files with large numbers of objects.
@@ -110,8 +117,14 @@ New Features
 Support for new platforms, languages and compilers.
 =======================================
 
+    - Added support for HPUX 11.23 (IA64); only C and C++ are supported
+      with the +DD64 flag 
+                                             EIP 2005/10/05
+ 
+
     Configuration
     -------------
+        - Added support for Cray X1.  JML 2005/10/03
 
 
 Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.4 release
@@ -119,6 +132,13 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.4 release
 
     Library
     -------
+        - Fixed collective IO in chunking-storage. The dataspace  for each
+          chunk is different with the dataspace for the whole file or buffer.
+          It may call the wrong routine when the shape of the dataspace in
+          file and in chunk is different. This bug was fixed to make sure
+          the correct routine is called. KY - 2005/10/19
+        - Fixed core dump when closing root groups opened through two different
+            file handles that operate on the same actual file.  QAK - 2005/10/02
 	- The ./dsets tests used to fail in the TFLOPS machine if the
 	  test program, dsets.c, was compiled with the -O option.
 	  The hdf5 library still worked correctly with the -O option. Only
@@ -162,6 +182,8 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.4 release
 
     Configuration
     -------------
+	- Configure can recognize -lmpich as a form of MPI library. -AKC-
+	  2005/9/28.
 	- Changed default C++ compiler for the IA64 platform from icc to
 	    icpc which is the preferred compiler for Intel Compiler version
 	    8. AKC - 2005/09/02
@@ -224,17 +246,21 @@ Platforms Tested
                                   xlf 8.1.1.7
                                   mpcc_r 6.0.0.8
                                   mpxlf_r 8.1.1.7
-    Cray T90 sn7001 10.0.0md      Cray Standard C Version 6.4.0.3
-                                  Cray Fortran Version 3.4.0.0
-    Cray SV1 sn9617 10.0.1.2      Cray Standard C Version 6.6.0.3.6
-                                  Cray Fortran Version 3.6.0.3.1
-    FreeBSD 4.9                   gcc 2.95.4
+    AIX 5.3 (32/64 bit)           xlc 7.0.0.0
+                                  xlC 7.0.
+                                  xlf 9.1.0.3
+    Cray X1 water 3.0.35          Cray Standard C Version 5.4.0.7.4
+                                  Cray Fortran 5.4.0.7.3
+                                  Cray C++ 5.4.0.7.4
+    FreeBSD 4.11                  gcc 2.95.4
                                   g++ 2.95.4
                                   gcc 3.2.3, 3.3.6, 3.4.4, 4.0.0
     HP-UX B.11.00                 HP C  HP92453-01 A.11.01.20 
                                   HP F90 v2.4
                                   HP ANSI C++ B3910B A.03.13
-                                  MPIch 1.2.4
+    HP-UX B.11.23                 HP aC++/ANSI C B3910B A.06.00
+                                  HP F90 v2.9
+                                  HP aC++/ANSI C B3910B A.06.00
     IRIX64 6.5 (tesla -64)        MIPSpro cc 7.4.2m
                                   F90 MIPSpro 7.4.2m
                                   C++ MIPSpro cc 7.4.2m
@@ -254,7 +280,7 @@ Platforms Tested
     (mir)                         PGI 5.2-1 C and F90 (with k3-32) 
                          	  Intel(R) C++ 32-bit Version 8.1
     				  Intel(R) Fortran 32-bit Version 8.1
-    Linux 2.4.21-sgi303r2 Altix 
+    Linux 2.4.21-sgi306rp21 Altix 
           SMP ia64                Intel(R) C++ Version 8.1
     (cobalt)                      Intel(R) Fortran Itanium(R) Version 8.1
                                   SGI MPI
@@ -265,26 +291,27 @@ Platforms Tested
     OSF1 V5.1 (PSC)               Compaq C V6.5-303 
                                   HP Fortran V5.5A-3548
 				  Compaq C++ V6.5-040  
-				  MPIX200_64_r13.4
-                                  FORTRAN 90 2.0 Patch 107356-04 
     SunOS 5.8 32,46               Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C 5.3
      (Solaris 2.8)                Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 Fortran 90
                                   Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C++ 5.3
     SunOS 5.9 32,64               Sun C 5.6 2004/07/15
      (Solaris 2.9)                Sun Fortran 95 8.0 2004/07/15
                                   Sun C++ 5.6 2004/07/15
+    Solaris 5.10                  Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C 5.3
+                                  Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 Fortran 95 6.2
+                                  Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C++ 5.3
+                                  Patch 111685-13 
     TFLOPS r1.0.4 v4.5.2 i386     pgcc Rel 3.1-4i with mpich-1.2.4 with
                                           local modifications
-    Xeon Linux 2.4.20-31.9smp_perfctr_lustre
-    (tungsten)	                  Intel(R) C++ Version 8.0
-                                  Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 8.0
-    IA-64 Linux 2.4.21.SuSE_128.bef1 ia64
+    Xeon Linux 2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp-perfctr-lustre
+    (tungsten)	                  Intel(R) C++ Version 9.0
+                                  Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 9.0
+    IA-64 Linux 2.4.21.SuSE_292.til1 ia64
     (NCSA tg-login)               Intel(R) C++ Version 8.0
                                   Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 8.0
-				  mpich-gm-1.2.5..intel
+				  mpich-gm-1.2.5..10-intel-r2
     Windows XP                    MSVC++.NET
                                   MSVC++ 6.0
-                                  Compaq Visual Fortran 6.6C
                                   Intel 8.1 C++
     MAC OS X                      Darwin 7.5
                                   gcc and g++ Apple Computer, Inc. GCC 
@@ -308,19 +335,22 @@ Solaris2.8 64-bit                    y        y      y(1)     y    y     y
 Solaris2.8 32-bit                    y        y      y(1)     y    y     y
 Solaris2.9 64-bit                    y(1)     y      y(1)     y    y     y
 Solaris2.9 32-bit                    y(1)     y      y(1)     y    y     y
+Solaris2.10 64-bit                   y(1)     y      n        y    y     y
+Solaris2.10 32-bit                   y(1)     y      n        y    y     y
 IRIX64_6.5 64-bit                    y(2)     y      y        y    y     y
 IRIX64_6.5 32-bit                    y(2)     n      n        n    y     y
 HPUX11.00                            y(1)     y      y        y    y     y
+HPUX11.23-32bit                      n        y      n        y    y     y
+HPUX11.23-64bit                      n        n      n        y    y     y
 OSF1 v5.1                            y        y      y        y    y     y
-T90 IEEE                             n        y      n        n    y     n
-SV1                                  y(5)     y      y(5)     n    y     n
+X1                                   y        y      y        y    y     n
 TFLOPS                               y(1)     n      n        n    y     n
-AIX-5.1 & 5.2 32-bit                 y        y      y        y    y     y
-AIX-5.1 & 5.2 64-bit                 y        y      y        y    y     y
-WinXP Visual Studio 6.0              n        y(9)   n        y    y     y
+AIX-5.1, 5.2 & 5.3 32-bit            y        y      y        y    y     y
+AIX-5.1, 5.2 & 5.3 64-bit            y        y      y        y    y     y
+WinXP Visual Studio 6.0              n        n(9)   n        y    y     y
 WinXP .Net                           n        n      n        y(8) y     y
 Mac OS X 10.3                        n        y(10)  n        y    y     y
-FreeBSD 4.9                          y(1)     n      n        y    y     y
+FreeBSD 4.11                         n        n      n        y    y     y
 RedHat 7.3  W (3)                    y(1)     y(11)  n        y    y     y
 RedHat 7.3  W Intel (3)              n        y      n        y    y     y
 RedHat 7.3  W PGI (3)                n        y      n        y    y     y
@@ -337,19 +367,21 @@ Solaris2.8 64-bit                    y              x       y        y
 Solaris2.8 32-bit                    y              x       y        y
 Solaris2.9 64-bit                    y              x       y        y
 Solaris2.9 32-bit                    y              x       y        y
+Solaris2.10 64-bit                   y              x       y        y
+Solaris2.10 32-bit                   y              x       y        y
 IRIX64_6.5 64-bit                    y              y       y        y
 IRIX64_6.5 32-bit                    y              y       y        y
 HPUX11.00                            y              x       n        y
+HPUX11.23                            y              y       n        y
 OSF1 v5.1                            y              y       n        y
-T90 IEEE                             n              y       n        y
-SV1                                  n              y       n        y
+X1                                   n              y       n        y
 TFLOPS                               n              y       n        n
-AIX-5.1 & 5.2 32-bit                 n              y       n        y
-AIX-5.1 & 5.2 64-bit                 n              y       n        y
+AIX-5.1, 5.2 & 5.3 32-bit            n              y       n        y
+AIX-5.1, 5.2 & 5.3 64-bit            n              y       n        y
 WinXP Visual Studio 6.0              y              y       n        n
 WinXP .Net                           y              y       n        n
 Mac OS X 10.3                        y              y       n        y
-FreeBSD 4.9                          y              y       y        y
+FreeBSD 4.11                         y              y       y        y
 RedHat 7.3   W (3)                   y              y       y        y
 RedHat 7.3  W  Intel (3)             n              y       n        y
 RedHat 7.3  W  PGI (3)               n              y       n        y
@@ -371,11 +403,16 @@ Footnotes:  (1) Using mpich 1.2.6
             (4) Shared libraries are provided only for the C library, 
                 except on Windows where they are provided for C and C++.
             (5) Using mpt.
-            (6) Linux 2.4.20-31.9.  Xeon cluster with smp_perfctr_lustre 
+            (6) Linux 2.4.21-32.0.1.  Xeon cluster with ELsmp-perfctr-lustre 
                 and Intel compilers
-            (7) Linux 2.4.21, SuSE_128.befl.  Ia64 cluster with Intel compilers
+            (7) Linux 2.4.21, SuSE_292.til1.  Ia64 cluster with Intel compilers
             (8) Intel 8.1
-            (9) Compaq Visual Fortran 6.6C
+            (9) We found one test of this release failed with compaq visual
+                fortran 6.6c.
+                We won't provide binary fortran release. Users should build
+                the library by themselves and use with their own risks. We
+                recommend users to use HDF5 1.7 instead.
+                HDF5 1.7 or use compaq visual fortran 6.0.
            (10) IBM XLF and Absoft
            (11) PGI, Absoft.  No shared libraries with Absoft; 
                 use '--disable-shared'.
@@ -388,10 +425,17 @@ Footnotes:  (1) Using mpich 1.2.6
 
 Known Problems
 ==============
+* When testing parallel HDF5 with the C compiler version MIPSpro 7.4.3 at IRIX
+  6.5, set enviroment variable MPI_TYPE_MAX to be a bigger number, for example 120000 
+  in order to pass the complicated collective IO tests inside parallel HDF5
+  library. This is not a problem inside parallel HDF5 library. You can always
+  set a bigger number in your system.
+                                  KY - 2005/10/6
+
 * Contiguous or chunked dataset created by a sequential version may
   not be modified with a parallel version of the library. 
   Use the H5Pset_alloc_time function with H5D_ALLOC_TIME_EARLY to set up the 
-  dataset creation property list to avoid the porblem.
+  dataset creation property list to avoid the problem.
                                     EIP - 2005/09/09
 
 * The dataset created or rewritten with the v1.6.3 library or after can't 
@@ -456,6 +500,9 @@ Known Problems
   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 --enable-static-exec configure flag also fails to correctly compile
+  on the HPUX 11.00.
   
   It is suggested that you don't use this option on these platforms
   during configuration.