-SimGrid (3.3.4) unstable; urgency=low
+SimGrid (3.3.4) stable; urgency=low
- The "Desktop Grid needs love too" release.
+ The "Desktop Grid needs love too" release (also called Xmas release).
Models improvements:
* Major speedup in the maxmin system solving by using lazy evaluation
This new model is more realistic than the previous one, so you
should consider redoing your old experiments with this model.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
+
+ Build System:
+ * Introduce the supernovae compilation mode
+ When compiled that way, the whole SimGrid (or almost) is put in a
+ single compilation unit and compiled in one shoot.
+ This is to help gcc which has difficulties to inline stuff from one
+ file into another.
+ The speedup seem to be above 15%, althrough more tests are needed on
+ amd64 to confirm that gain.
MSG:
* Port of MSG's mailbox on top of SIMIX network
* Fix a vicious bug in dictionaries inducing that some elements were
not freed on xbt_dict_free()
- -- Da SimGrid team <simgrid-devel@lists.gforge.inria.fr>
+ Portability report of this version:
+ * Main portability targets:
+ - linux (ubuntu (804/810/910) /debian (4/5/testing) /fedora (core11))
+ on (amd64/i386/ia64)
+ - mac leopard on i386
+ Known problems: http://cdash.inria.fr/CDash/index.php?project=Simgrid
+ but nothing critical.
+ * Other platforms: windows, AIX and others were not tested for this release
+
+ Timing report of this version:
+ * Lazy evaluation brings arbitrary speedup (ie, speedup depending on
+ scenario parameters). From 8h to a few seconds in desktop grid settings.
+ * Supernovae brings about 25% speedup on i386.
+
+ -- Da SimGrid team <simgrid-devel@lists.gforge.inria.fr> Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:07:39 +0100
SimGrid (3.3.3) stable; urgency=low
