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authorFrank Baker <fbaker@hdfgroup.org>2009-04-29 20:43:13 (GMT)
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@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ CONTENTS
========
- New Features
-- Support for new platforms and languages
+- Support for New Platforms, Languages, and Compilers
- Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.2
- Platforms Tested
- Supported Configuration Features Summary
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ New Features
Tools
-----
- h5diff new flag, -c, --compare, list objects that are not comparable.
- PVN - 2009/4/2 - 1368
+ PVN - 2009/4/2 - 1368
- h5diff new flag, -N, --nan, avoids NaNs detection. PVN - 2009/4/2
- h5dump correctly specifies XML dtd / schema urls ADB - 2009/4/3 - 1519
- h5repack now handles group creation order. PVN - 2009/4/2 - 1402
@@ -106,25 +106,22 @@ New Features
whatever is smaller. This assures that the chunk read fits in the
chunk cache. PVN - 2008/11/21
- High-Level APIs:
- ------
+ High-Level APIs
+ ---------------
- Table: In version 3.0 of Table, the writing of the "NROWS" attribute
(used to store number of records) was deprecated. PVN - 2008/11/24
-
F90 API
- ------
+ -------
+ - Added for the C APIs the Fortran wrappers:
+ h5dget_access_plist_f
+ h5iis_valid_f
+ h5pset_chunk_cache_f
+ h5pget_chunk_cache_f
+ MSB - 2009/04/17
- - Added for the C APIs the Fortran wrappers:
- h5dget_access_plist_f
- h5iis_valid_f
- h5pset_chunk_cache_f
- h5pget_chunk_cache_f
- MSB - 2009/04/17
-
-
C++ API
- ------
+ -------
- None
@@ -195,23 +192,23 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.2
- Fixed a bug that could cause problems when "automatically" unmounting
multiple files. NAF - 2008/11/17
- H5Dset_extent: when shrinking dimensions, some chunks were not deleted.
- PVN - 2009/01/8
-
+ PVN - 2009/01/8
Parallel Library
----------------
+ - None
Tools
-----
- - Fixed many problems that could occur when using h5repack with named
- datatypes. NAF - 2009/4/20 - 1516/1466
- - h5dump, h5diff, h5repack were not reading (by hyperslabs) datasets
- that have a datatype datum size greater than H5TOOLS_BUFSIZE, a
- constant defined as 1024Kb, such as array types with large
- dimensions. PVN - 2009/4/1 - 1501
- - h5import: By selecting a compression type, a big endian byte order
- was being selected. PVN - 2009/3/11 - 1462
- - zip_perf.c had missing argument on one of the open() calls. Fixed.
+ - Fixed many problems that could occur when using h5repack with named
+ datatypes. NAF - 2009/4/20 - 1516/1466
+ - h5dump, h5diff, h5repack were not reading (by hyperslabs) datasets
+ that have a datatype datum size greater than H5TOOLS_BUFSIZE, a constant
+ defined as 1024Kb, such as array types with large dimensions.
+ PVN - 2009/4/1 - 1501
+ - h5import: By selecting a compression type, a big endian byte order
+ was being selected. PVN - 2009/3/11 - 1462
+ - zip_perf.c had missing argument on one of the open() calls. Fixed.
AKC - 2008/12/9
F90 API
@@ -220,33 +217,33 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.8.2
C++ API
------
+ - None
High-Level APIs:
------
- - Dimension scales: The scale index return value in H5DSiterate_scales
- was not always incremented. PVN - 2009/4/8 - 1538
+ - Dimension scales: The scale index return value in H5DSiterate_scales
+ was not always incremented. PVN - 2009/4/8 - 1538
- Fortran High-Level APIs:
+ Fortran High-Level APIs:
------
- - Lite: The h5ltget_dataset_info_f function (gets information about
- a dataset) was not correctly returning the dimension array
+ - Lite: The h5ltget_dataset_info_f function (gets information about
+ a dataset) was not correctly returning the dimension array
PVN - 2009/3/23
-
Platforms Tested
================
The following platforms and compilers have been tested for this release.
- AIX 5.3 xlc 7.0.0.8
- xlf 09.01.0000.0008
- xlC 7.0.0.8
- mpcc_r 7.0.0.8
- mpxlf_r 09.01.0000.0008
+ AIX 5.3 xlc 7.0.0.8
+ xlf 09.01.0000.0008
+ xlC 7.0.0.8
+ mpcc_r 7.0.0.8
+ mpxlf_r 09.01.0000.0008
Cray XT3 (2.0.41) cc (pgcc) 7.1-4
(red storm) ftn (pgf90) 7.1-4
- CC (pgCC) 7.1-4
+ CC (pgCC) 7.1-4
FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE i386 gcc 3.4.6 [FreeBSD] 20060305
(duty) g++ 3.4.6 [FreeBSD] 20060305
@@ -330,7 +327,7 @@ The following platforms and compilers have been tested for this release.
GNU Fortran (GCC) 4.3.0 20070810
G95 (GCC 4.0.3 (g95 0.91!) Apr 24 2008)
Intel C, C++ and Fortran compilers 10.1
-
+
Supported Configuration Features Summary
========================================
@@ -355,7 +352,7 @@ Windows Vista n n n y y y
Mac OS X 10.5 Intel n y n y y y
AIX 5.3 32- and 64-bit n y n y y n
FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE
-32&64 bit n y n y y y
+ 32&64 bit n y n y y y
RedHat EL4 (3) W y(1) y y(1) y y y
RedHat EL5 (3) W y(1) y(10) y(1) y y y
RedHat EL5 Intel (3) W n y n y y n
@@ -487,7 +484,6 @@ Known Problems
H5Pset_dxpl_mpio(xfer_plist, H5FD_MPIO_COLLECTIVE);
to
H5Pset_dxpl_mpio(xfer_plist, H5FD_MPIO_INDEPENDENT);
-
KY - 2007/08/24
* On Intel 64 Linux cluster (RH 4, Linux 2.6.9) with Intel 10.0 compilers,