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diff --git a/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt b/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt index f819bb5..321966f 100644 --- a/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt +++ b/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -HDF5 version 1.5.27 released on Sat Apr 27 04:28:26 CDT 2002 +HDF5 version 1.5.28 released on Tue May 28 09:05:50 CDT 2002 ================================================================================ @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ CONTENTS - New Features - Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.4.0 +- Support for new platforms and languages - Platforms Tested - Known Problems @@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.4.2 Library ------- + * Fixed bug where read/write intent in file IDs created with H5Freopen + was not being kept the same as the original file. QAK - 2002/05/14 + * Fixed bug where selection offsets were not being used when iterating + through point and hyperslab selections with H5Diterate(). QAK - 2002/04/29 * Fixed bug where the data for several level deep nested compound & variable-length datatypes used for datasets were getting corrupted when written to the file. QAK - 2002/04/17 @@ -159,6 +164,22 @@ Documentation New Features ============ + * Added 'closing' parameter to VFL 'flush' callback function and H5FDflush. + This allows the library to indicate that the file will be closed + immediately following the call to 'flush' and can be used to avoid actions + that are duplicated in the VFL 'close' callback function. QAK - 2002/05/20 + * Added feature to parallel chunk allocation routine to not write fill + values to chunks allocated if the user has set the "fill time" to never. + This can improve parallel I/O performance for chunked + datasets. QAK - 2002/05/17 + * Changed method for allocating chunked dataset blocks in parallel to only + allocate blocks that don't already exist, instead of attempting to create + all the blocks all the time. This improves parallel I/O performance for + chunked datasets. QAK - 2002/05/17 + * Allowed the call to MPI_File_sync to be avoided when the file is going to + immediately be closed, improving performance. QAK - 2002/05/13 + * Allow the metadata writes to be shared among all processes, easing the + burden on process 0. QAK - 2002/05/10 * New functions H5Glink2 and H5Gmove2 were added to allow link and move to be in different locations in the same file. The old functions H5Glink and H5Gmove remain valid. SLU - 2002/04/26 @@ -175,9 +196,12 @@ New Features datatype conversion is unneccessary. QAK - 2002/04/02 * Improved performance of single hyperslab I/O when datatype conversion is unneccessary. QAK - 2002/04/02 + * New API function H5Dset_extent. Modifies the dimensions of a dataset, + allows change to a lower dimension. The unused space in the file is freed. + PVN - 2002/03/31 * Added new "H5Sget_select_type" API function to determine which type of selection is defined for a dataspace ("all", "none", "hyperslab" or - "point"). QAK - 2002/02/7 + "point"). QAK - 2002/02/07 * Added support to read/write portions of chunks directly, if they are uncompressed and too large to cache. This should speed up I/O on chunked datasets for a few more cases. QAK - 2002/01/31 @@ -252,6 +276,12 @@ New Features - Added aditional parameter "dims" to the h5dread/h5dwrite and h5aread/h5awrite subroutines. This parameter is 1D array of size 7 and contains the sizes of the data buffer dimensions. + - F90 subroutines h5dwrite_f, h5dread_f, h5awrite_f and h5aread_f were + overloaded with "dims" argument to be assumed size array of type + INTEGER(HSIZE_T). We recommend to use the subroutines with the new type. + Module subroutines that accept "dims" as INTEGER array of size 7 will be + depricated in 1.6 release. + EIP - 2002/05/06 * C++ API: - Added two new member functions: Exception::getFuncName() and Exception::getCFuncName() to provide the name of the member @@ -264,10 +294,11 @@ New Features * A helper script called ``h5cc'', which helps compilation of HDF5 programs, is now distributed with HDF5. See the reference manual for information on how to use this feature. - * New API function H5Dset_extent. Modifies the dimensions of a dataset, - allows change to a lower dimension. The unused space in the file is freed. - PVN - 2002/03/31 +Support for new platforms and languages +======================================= + * Parallel Fortran Library works now on HP-UX B.11.00 Sys V + EIP - 2002/05/06 Platforms Tested ================ @@ -328,7 +359,7 @@ Supported Configuration Features Summary IRIX64_6.5 32 y y (2) n n n y y y HPUX10.20 y n y n n y y y HPUX11.00 y y y n n y y y - HPUX11 SysV y y y n n y y y + HPUX11 SysV y y y y n y y y DECOSF y n y n y y y y T3E y y y y n n y y SV1 y n y n n n y y @@ -457,4 +488,16 @@ Known Problems ftp://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/pub/ougoing/hdf5/hdf5-1.4.0-beta/F90_source_for_Crays +* On IA32 and IA64 systems, if you use a compiler other than GCC (such as + Intel's ecc or icc compilers), you will need to modify the generated + "libtool" program after configuration is finished. On or around line 104 of + the libtool file, there are lines which look like: + + # How to pass a linker flag through the compiler. + wl="" + + change these lines to this: + + # How to pass a linker flag through the compiler. + wl="-Wl," |