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-rw-r--r--RELEASE8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/RELEASE b/RELEASE
index 5f468bb..4736d15 100644
--- a/RELEASE
+++ b/RELEASE
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ Library
* Added bounded garbage collection for the free lists when they run out of
memory and also added H5set_free_list_limits API call to allow users to
put an upper limit on the amount of memory used for free lists.
+ * Added new Virtual File Driver, Stream VFD, to send/receive entire
+ HDF5 files via socket connections.
Configuration
@@ -97,6 +99,8 @@ Configuration
if the MPI library is in the system library.
* Added support for pthread library and thread-safe option.
* The libhdf5.settings file shows the correct machine byte-sex.
+ * Added option "--with-Stream-VFD" to configure w/o the Stream VFD.
+ For Solaris, added -lsocket to the LIBS list of libraries.
Tools
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@@ -115,6 +119,8 @@ Tools
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>").
Documentation
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@@ -154,4 +160,4 @@ Known Problems:
o SunOS 5.6 with C WorkShop Compilers 4.2: Hyperslab selections will
fail if library is compiled using optimization of any level.
-
+o The Stream VFD was not tested yet under Windows.