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| author | Albert Cheng <acheng@hdfgroup.org> | 2005-10-04 06:29:49 (GMT) |
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| committer | Albert Cheng <acheng@hdfgroup.org> | 2005-10-04 06:29:49 (GMT) |
| commit | 4baf4cff3c0d5cb6c923ea9a7632ec3c7b6a98ba (patch) | |
| tree | 4a1a3ad23a37c269a4446f0db06da3ee6359698a /release_docs | |
| parent | 86f639a3f86e4d4c1eda1ebdf2c23d411fc08eb2 (diff) | |
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[svn-r11495] Updated with the addition of g95 and mpich2 informal test platform.
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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index 4fc71f3..1451615 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ New Features ============ 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 +54,37 @@ 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. |