From 02f2cbe85ab096095b934e1ee1a7b2c3a6de2749 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Squyres Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:42:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * Added bullet about upgrading autotools * Added bullet about removing duplicate error messages * Some minor grammar and syntax fixes. This commit was SVN r19597. --- NEWS | 19 +++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index ef97c7ed86..602389374b 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -38,17 +38,19 @@ Trunk (not on release branches yet) 1.3 (not released yet) --- +- Upgraded Open MPI tarballs to use Autoconf 2.63, Automake 1.10.1, + Libtool 2.2.6a. - Added missing MPI::Comm::Call_errhandler() function. Thanks to Dave Goodell for bringing this to our attention. -- Increased MPI_SUBVERSION value in mpi.h to 1 (i.e., MPI 2.1) +- Increased MPI_SUBVERSION value in mpi.h to 1 (i.e., MPI 2.1). - Changed behavior of MPI_GRAPH_CREATE, MPI_TOPO_CREATE, and several other topology functions per MPI-2.1. - Fix the type of the C++ constant MPI::IN_PLACE. - Various enhancements to the openib BTL: - Added btl_openib_if_[in|ex]clude MCA parameters for including/excluding comma-delimited lists of HCAs and ports. - - Added IB CM and RDMA CM support, includng - btl_openib_cpc_[in|ex]clude MCA parameters + - Added RDMA CM support, includng btl_openib_cpc_[in|ex]clude MCA + parameters - Added NUMA support to only use "near" network adapters - Added "Bucket SRQ" (BSRQ) support to better utilize registered memory, including btl_openib_receive_queues MCA parameter @@ -59,14 +61,16 @@ Trunk (not on release branches yet) - "mpi_leave_pinned=1" is now the default when possible, automatically improving performance for large messages when application buffers are re-used +- Elimiated duplicated error messages when multiple MPI processes fail + with the same error. - Added NUMA support to the shared memory BTL. - Add Valgrind-based memory checking for MPI-semantic checks. - Add support for some optional Fortran datatypes (MPI_LOGICAL1, - MPI_LOGICAL2, MPI_LOGICAL4 and MPI_LOGICAL8) -- Remove use of STL from C++ bindings. + MPI_LOGICAL2, MPI_LOGICAL4 and MPI_LOGICAL8). +- Remove the use of the STL from the C++ bindings. - Added support for Platform/LSF job launchers. Must be Platform LSF v7.0.2 or later. -- Updated ROMIO with the version from MPICH2 1.0.7 +- Updated ROMIO with the version from MPICH2 1.0.7. - Added RDMA capable one-sided component (called rdma), which can be used with BTL components that expose a full one-sided interface. @@ -74,13 +78,12 @@ Trunk (not on release branches yet) predefined datatypes in the fortran header files, there will not be any compatibility issues. - Added Portable Linux Processor Affinity (PLPA) for Linux. -- Release tarballs now use Autoconf 2.61 and Automake 1.10. - Addition of a finer symbols export control via the visibiliy feature offered by some compilers. - Added checkpoint/restart process fault tolerance support. Initially support a LAM/MPI-like protocol. - Removed "mvapi" BTL; all InfiniBand support now uses the OpenFabrics - driver stacks. + driver stacks ("openib" BTL). - Added more stringent MPI API parameter checking to help user-level debugging. - The ptmalloc2 memory manager component is now by default built as