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diff --git a/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt b/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt index a6492b5..6ae73e3 100644 --- a/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt +++ b/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -HDF5 version 1.5.6 released on Sat May 19 22:32:57 CDT 2001 +HDF5 version 1.5.7 released on Wed Jul 11 07:20:09 CDT 2001 ================================================================================ @@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ Library got dropped in some 1.3.x version. Re-implemented it with "new and improved" algorithm. It keeps track of "wasted" file-fragment in the free-list too. + * Removed limitation that the data transfer buffer size needed to be + set for datasets whose dimensions were too large for the 'all' selection + code to handle. Any size dimensioned datasets should be handled + correctly now. + * Changed behavior of H5Tget_member_type to correctly emulate HDF5 v1.2.x + when --enable-hdf5v1_2 configure flag is enabled. + * Tweaked a few API functions to use 'size_t' instead of 'unsigned' or + 'hsize_t', which may cause errors in some cases. Configuration ------------- @@ -85,6 +93,7 @@ New Features 7 and contains the sizes of the data buffer dimensions. * F90 static library is available on Windows platforms. See INSTALL_Windows.txt for details. + * F90 APIs are available on HPUX 11.00 and IBM SP platforms. * File sizes greater than 2GB are now supported on Linux systems with version 2.4.x or higher kernels. * Added a global string variable H5_lib_vers_info_g which holds the @@ -95,6 +104,14 @@ New Features * H5 <-> GIF convertor has been added. This is available under tools/gifconv. The convertor supports the ability to create animated gifs as well. + * Parallel HDF5 now runs on the HP V2500 and HP N4000 machines. + * Verified correct operation of library on Solaris 2.8 in both 64-bit and + 32-bit compilation modes. See INSTALL document for instructions on + compiling the distribution with 64-bit support. + * Modified the Pablo build procedure to permit building of the instrumented + library to link either with the Trace libraries as before or with the + Pablo Performance Caputure Facility. + * Improved regular hyperslab I/O by about a factor of 6 or so. Platforms Tested ================ @@ -108,10 +125,13 @@ Platforms Tested g++ 2.95.2 HP-UX B.10.20 HP C HP92453-01 A.10.32.30 HP-UX B.11.00 HP C HP92453-01 A.11.00.13 + HP C HP92453-01 A.11.01.20 IRIX 6.5 MIPSpro cc 7.30 IRIX64 6.5 (64 & n32) MIPSpro cc 7.3.1m mpt.1.4.0.2 mpich-1.2.1 + Linux 2.4.4 gcc-2.95.3 + g++ 2.95.3 Linux 2.2.16-3smp gcc-2.95.2 g++ 2.95.2 pgf90 3.1-3 @@ -143,7 +163,7 @@ Known Problems libraries on Solaris are available in a static format. The --enable-static-exec configure flag also fails to correctly compile - on IBM SP2 platform for the serial mode. The parallel mode works fine + on IBM SP2 platform for the serial mode. The parallel mode works fine with this option. It is suggested that you don't use this option on these platforms @@ -202,7 +222,7 @@ Known Problems * The h4toh5 utility produces images that do not correctly conform to the HDF5 Image and Palette Specification. - http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc/ImageSpec.html + http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc/ImageSpec.html Several required HDF5 attributes are omitted, and the dataspace is reversed (i.e., the ht. and width of the image dataset is @@ -210,8 +230,3 @@ Known Problems http://hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/H5Image/ImageDetails.htm -* The test_compression in ./c++/test/dsets.cpp failed on Linux. A size - value that is passed to a memcpy mysteriously becomes very large resulting - in a Segnmentation Fault. This specific test is disabled until we can - figure out the problem and come up with a solution. - |