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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-HDF5 version 1.6.5-snap1 released on Sun Sep 18 17:32:22 CDT 2005
+HDF5 version 1.6.5-pre1 released on Sun Oct 23 17:50:56 CDT 2005
================================================================================
INTRODUCTION
@@ -35,11 +35,17 @@ CONTENTS
New Features
============
+ Configuration:
+ -------------------------
+ - Configure now recognizes the TR variable as the location of the
+ tr utility. JML 2005/10/20
+
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 +59,37 @@ 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.
@@ -110,8 +117,14 @@ New Features
Support for new platforms, languages and compilers.
=======================================
+ - Added support for HPUX 11.23 (IA64); only C and C++ are supported
+ with the +DD64 flag
+ EIP 2005/10/05
+
+
Configuration
-------------
+ - Added support for Cray X1. JML 2005/10/03
Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.4 release
@@ -119,6 +132,13 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.4 release
Library
-------
+ - Fixed collective IO in chunking-storage. The dataspace for each
+ chunk is different with the dataspace for the whole file or buffer.
+ It may call the wrong routine when the shape of the dataspace in
+ file and in chunk is different. This bug was fixed to make sure
+ the correct routine is called. KY - 2005/10/19
+ - Fixed core dump when closing root groups opened through two different
+ file handles that operate on the same actual file. QAK - 2005/10/02
- The ./dsets tests used to fail in the TFLOPS machine if the
test program, dsets.c, was compiled with the -O option.
The hdf5 library still worked correctly with the -O option. Only
@@ -162,6 +182,8 @@ Bug Fixes since HDF5-1.6.4 release
Configuration
-------------
+ - Configure can recognize -lmpich as a form of MPI library. -AKC-
+ 2005/9/28.
- Changed default C++ compiler for the IA64 platform from icc to
icpc which is the preferred compiler for Intel Compiler version
8. AKC - 2005/09/02
@@ -224,17 +246,21 @@ Platforms Tested
xlf 8.1.1.7
mpcc_r 6.0.0.8
mpxlf_r 8.1.1.7
- Cray T90 sn7001 10.0.0md Cray Standard C Version 6.4.0.3
- Cray Fortran Version 3.4.0.0
- Cray SV1 sn9617 10.0.1.2 Cray Standard C Version 6.6.0.3.6
- Cray Fortran Version 3.6.0.3.1
- FreeBSD 4.9 gcc 2.95.4
+ AIX 5.3 (32/64 bit) xlc 7.0.0.0
+ xlC 7.0.
+ xlf 9.1.0.3
+ Cray X1 water 3.0.35 Cray Standard C Version 5.4.0.7.4
+ Cray Fortran 5.4.0.7.3
+ Cray C++ 5.4.0.7.4
+ FreeBSD 4.11 gcc 2.95.4
g++ 2.95.4
gcc 3.2.3, 3.3.6, 3.4.4, 4.0.0
HP-UX B.11.00 HP C HP92453-01 A.11.01.20
HP F90 v2.4
HP ANSI C++ B3910B A.03.13
- MPIch 1.2.4
+ HP-UX B.11.23 HP aC++/ANSI C B3910B A.06.00
+ HP F90 v2.9
+ HP aC++/ANSI C B3910B A.06.00
IRIX64 6.5 (tesla -64) MIPSpro cc 7.4.2m
F90 MIPSpro 7.4.2m
C++ MIPSpro cc 7.4.2m
@@ -254,7 +280,7 @@ Platforms Tested
(mir) PGI 5.2-1 C and F90 (with k3-32)
Intel(R) C++ 32-bit Version 8.1
Intel(R) Fortran 32-bit Version 8.1
- Linux 2.4.21-sgi303r2 Altix
+ Linux 2.4.21-sgi306rp21 Altix
SMP ia64 Intel(R) C++ Version 8.1
(cobalt) Intel(R) Fortran Itanium(R) Version 8.1
SGI MPI
@@ -265,26 +291,27 @@ Platforms Tested
OSF1 V5.1 (PSC) Compaq C V6.5-303
HP Fortran V5.5A-3548
Compaq C++ V6.5-040
- MPIX200_64_r13.4
- FORTRAN 90 2.0 Patch 107356-04
SunOS 5.8 32,46 Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C 5.3
(Solaris 2.8) Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 Fortran 90
Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C++ 5.3
SunOS 5.9 32,64 Sun C 5.6 2004/07/15
(Solaris 2.9) Sun Fortran 95 8.0 2004/07/15
Sun C++ 5.6 2004/07/15
+ Solaris 5.10 Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C 5.3
+ Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 Fortran 95 6.2
+ Sun WorkShop 6 update 2 C++ 5.3
+ Patch 111685-13
TFLOPS r1.0.4 v4.5.2 i386 pgcc Rel 3.1-4i with mpich-1.2.4 with
local modifications
- Xeon Linux 2.4.20-31.9smp_perfctr_lustre
- (tungsten) Intel(R) C++ Version 8.0
- Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 8.0
- IA-64 Linux 2.4.21.SuSE_128.bef1 ia64
+ Xeon Linux 2.4.21-32.0.1.ELsmp-perfctr-lustre
+ (tungsten) Intel(R) C++ Version 9.0
+ Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 9.0
+ IA-64 Linux 2.4.21.SuSE_292.til1 ia64
(NCSA tg-login) Intel(R) C++ Version 8.0
Intel(R) Fortran Compiler Version 8.0
- mpich-gm-1.2.5..intel
+ mpich-gm-1.2.5..10-intel-r2
Windows XP MSVC++.NET
MSVC++ 6.0
- Compaq Visual Fortran 6.6C
Intel 8.1 C++
MAC OS X Darwin 7.5
gcc and g++ Apple Computer, Inc. GCC
@@ -308,19 +335,22 @@ Solaris2.8 64-bit y y y(1) y y y
Solaris2.8 32-bit y y y(1) y y y
Solaris2.9 64-bit y(1) y y(1) y y y
Solaris2.9 32-bit y(1) y y(1) y y y
+Solaris2.10 64-bit y(1) y n y y y
+Solaris2.10 32-bit y(1) y n y y y
IRIX64_6.5 64-bit y(2) y y y y y
IRIX64_6.5 32-bit y(2) n n n y y
HPUX11.00 y(1) y y y y y
+HPUX11.23-32bit n y n y y y
+HPUX11.23-64bit n n n y y y
OSF1 v5.1 y y y y y y
-T90 IEEE n y n n y n
-SV1 y(5) y y(5) n y n
+X1 y y y y y n
TFLOPS y(1) n n n y n
-AIX-5.1 & 5.2 32-bit y y y y y y
-AIX-5.1 & 5.2 64-bit y y y y y y
-WinXP Visual Studio 6.0 n y(9) n y y y
+AIX-5.1, 5.2 & 5.3 32-bit y y y y y y
+AIX-5.1, 5.2 & 5.3 64-bit y y y y y y
+WinXP Visual Studio 6.0 n n(9) n y y y
WinXP .Net n n n y(8) y y
Mac OS X 10.3 n y(10) n y y y
-FreeBSD 4.9 y(1) n n y y y
+FreeBSD 4.11 n n n y y y
RedHat 7.3 W (3) y(1) y(11) n y y y
RedHat 7.3 W Intel (3) n y n y y y
RedHat 7.3 W PGI (3) n y n y y y
@@ -337,19 +367,21 @@ Solaris2.8 64-bit y x y y
Solaris2.8 32-bit y x y y
Solaris2.9 64-bit y x y y
Solaris2.9 32-bit y x y y
+Solaris2.10 64-bit y x y y
+Solaris2.10 32-bit y x y y
IRIX64_6.5 64-bit y y y y
IRIX64_6.5 32-bit y y y y
HPUX11.00 y x n y
+HPUX11.23 y y n y
OSF1 v5.1 y y n y
-T90 IEEE n y n y
-SV1 n y n y
+X1 n y n y
TFLOPS n y n n
-AIX-5.1 & 5.2 32-bit n y n y
-AIX-5.1 & 5.2 64-bit n y n y
+AIX-5.1, 5.2 & 5.3 32-bit n y n y
+AIX-5.1, 5.2 & 5.3 64-bit n y n y
WinXP Visual Studio 6.0 y y n n
WinXP .Net y y n n
Mac OS X 10.3 y y n y
-FreeBSD 4.9 y y y y
+FreeBSD 4.11 y y y y
RedHat 7.3 W (3) y y y y
RedHat 7.3 W Intel (3) n y n y
RedHat 7.3 W PGI (3) n y n y
@@ -371,11 +403,16 @@ Footnotes: (1) Using mpich 1.2.6
(4) Shared libraries are provided only for the C library,
except on Windows where they are provided for C and C++.
(5) Using mpt.
- (6) Linux 2.4.20-31.9. Xeon cluster with smp_perfctr_lustre
+ (6) Linux 2.4.21-32.0.1. Xeon cluster with ELsmp-perfctr-lustre
and Intel compilers
- (7) Linux 2.4.21, SuSE_128.befl. Ia64 cluster with Intel compilers
+ (7) Linux 2.4.21, SuSE_292.til1. Ia64 cluster with Intel compilers
(8) Intel 8.1
- (9) Compaq Visual Fortran 6.6C
+ (9) We found one test of this release failed with compaq visual
+ fortran 6.6c.
+ We won't provide binary fortran release. Users should build
+ the library by themselves and use with their own risks. We
+ recommend users to use HDF5 1.7 instead.
+ HDF5 1.7 or use compaq visual fortran 6.0.
(10) IBM XLF and Absoft
(11) PGI, Absoft. No shared libraries with Absoft;
use '--disable-shared'.
@@ -388,10 +425,17 @@ Footnotes: (1) Using mpich 1.2.6
Known Problems
==============
+* When testing parallel HDF5 with the C compiler version MIPSpro 7.4.3 at IRIX
+ 6.5, set enviroment variable MPI_TYPE_MAX to be a bigger number, for example 120000
+ in order to pass the complicated collective IO tests inside parallel HDF5
+ library. This is not a problem inside parallel HDF5 library. You can always
+ set a bigger number in your system.
+ KY - 2005/10/6
+
* Contiguous or chunked dataset created by a sequential version may
not be modified with a parallel version of the library.
Use the H5Pset_alloc_time function with H5D_ALLOC_TIME_EARLY to set up the
- dataset creation property list to avoid the porblem.
+ dataset creation property list to avoid the problem.
EIP - 2005/09/09
* The dataset created or rewritten with the v1.6.3 library or after can't
@@ -456,6 +500,9 @@ Known Problems
The --enable-static-exec configure flag also fails to correctly compile
on IBM SP2 platform for the serial mode. The parallel mode works fine
with this option.
+
+ The --enable-static-exec configure flag also fails to correctly compile
+ on the HPUX 11.00.
It is suggested that you don't use this option on these platforms
during configuration.