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diff --git a/doc/html/ph5implement.txt b/doc/html/ph5implement.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2fcbb3d --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/html/ph5implement.txt @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +Release information for parallel HDF5 +------------------------------------- + ++) Current release supports independent access to fixed dimension datasets + only. + ++) The comm and info arguments of H5Pset_mpi are not used. All parallel + I/O are done via MPI_COMM_WORLD. Access_mode for H5Pset_mpi can be + H5ACC_INDEPENDENT only. + ++) This release of parallel HDF5 has been tested on IBM SP2 and SGI + Origin 2000 systems. It uses the ROMIO version of MPIO interface + for parallel I/O supports. + ++) Useful URL's. + Parallel HDF webpage: "http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Parallel_HDF/" + ROMIO webpage: "http://www.mcs.anl.gov/home/thakur/romio/" + ++) Some to-do items for future releases + support for Intel Teraflop platform. + support for unlimited dimension datasets. + support for file access via a communicator besides MPI_COMM_WORLD. + support for collective access to datasets. + support for independent create/open of datasets. + +---- +Last updated: Feb 16, 1998. |