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diff --git a/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt b/doc/html/ADGuide/RELEASE.txt
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--- 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.
-