From dabebf24c35804efd551db54ee01ffc44ddac5ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ralph Castain Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:26:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update news This commit was SVN r27492. --- NEWS | 29 ++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 2b4a922eae..fc0336a02b 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -56,16 +56,12 @@ Trunk (not on release branches yet) - ErrMgr framework redesigned to better support fault tolerance development activities. See the following RFC for details: http://www.open-mpi.org/community/lists/devel/2010/03/7589.php -- Add new sensor framework to ORTE that includes modules for detecting - stalled applications and processes that consume too much memory. -- Add new state framework to ORTE for saving and retrieving state - information (both application and system) to/from a database. -- Add new "orte-info" tool that provides MCA params for only ORTE and - OPAL levels - intended for use when configuring without MPI support -- Added a new MCA parameter (ess_base_stream_buffering) that allows the user - to override the system default for buffering of stdout/stderr streams - (via setvbuf). - +- Added database framework to ORTE and changed all modex operations + to flow thru it, also included additional system info in the + available data +- Added staged state machine to support sequential work flows +- Added distributed file system support for accessing files across + nodes that do not have networked file systems 1.7 --- @@ -75,6 +71,7 @@ Trunk (not on release branches yet) - Matched probe - MPI_TYPE_CREATE_HINDEXED_BLOCK - Non-blocking collectives + - MPI_INFO_ENV support - Enabled compile-time warning of deprecated MPI functions by default (in supported compilers). - Revamped Fortran MPI bindings (see the README for details): @@ -89,7 +86,17 @@ Trunk (not on release branches yet) MCA params). - Added support for the DMTCP checkpoint/restart system. - Revamped autogen / build system. - +- Add new sensor framework to ORTE that includes modules for detecting + stalled applications and processes that consume too much memory. +- Added new state machine framework to ORTE that converts ORTE into an + event-driven state machine using the event library +- Added a new MCA parameter (ess_base_stream_buffering) that allows the user + to override the system default for buffering of stdout/stderr streams + (via setvbuf). Parameter is not visible via ompi_info +- Revamped the launch system to allow consideration of node hardware + in assigning process locations and bindings +- Added the -novm option to preserve the prior launch behavior +- Added new MCA parameter to provide protection against IO forwarding backlog 1.6.3 -----