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diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt index ab43011..c7b41cd 100644 --- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt +++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt @@ -103,8 +103,25 @@ New Features while also minimizing the locking issues of the single shared file approach on a parallel file system. + Also included with the Subfiling VFD is a new h5fuse.sh script which + reads a Subfiling configuration file and then combines the various + sub-files back into a single HDF5 file. By default, the h5fuse.sh script + looks in the current directory for the Subfiling configuration file, + but can also be pointed to the configuration file with a command-line + option. + The Subfiling VFD can be used by calling H5Pset_fapl_subfiling() on a - File Access Property List and using that FAPL for file operations. + File Access Property List and using that FAPL for file operations. Note + that the Subfiling VFD currently has the following limitations: + + * Does not currently support HDF5 collective I/O, other than collective + metadata writes and reads as set by H5Pset_coll_metadata_write() and + H5Pset_all_coll_metadata_ops() + + * The Subfiling VFD should not currently be used with an HDF5 library + that has been built with thread-safety enabled. This can cause deadlocks + when failures occur due to interactions between the VFD's internal + threads and HDF5's global lock. (JTH - 2022/07/22) |