X-Git-Url: http://info.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/pub/gitweb/simgrid.git/blobdiff_plain/61661270913163ed28fbcbbabc902cf7f44fb2d8..5119d31da6d329bfcf55d56333e554e1ce1de5e1:/ChangeLog diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 112626efc6..31e61b7acb 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,6 +1,244 @@ -SimGrid (2.92) NOT RELEASED YET; urgency=low +SimGrid (3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low + + XBT: + * Unfortunately, I had missed 5 misnamed functions: + xbt_fifo_item_t xbt_fifo_newitem(void); + void xbt_fifo_freeitem(xbt_fifo_item_t); + xbt_fifo_item_t xbt_fifo_getFirstItem(xbt_fifo_t l); + xbt_fifo_item_t xbt_fifo_getNextItem(xbt_fifo_item_t i); + xbt_fifo_item_t xbt_fifo_getPrevItem(xbt_fifo_item_t i); + They're now deprecated. Please use their new versions: + xbt_fifo_item_t xbt_fifo_new_item(void); + void xbt_fifo_free_item(xbt_fifo_item_t); + xbt_fifo_item_t xbt_fifo_get_first_item(xbt_fifo_t l); + xbt_fifo_item_t xbt_fifo_get_next_item(xbt_fifo_item_t i); + xbt_fifo_item_t xbt_fifo_get_prev_item(xbt_fifo_item_t i); + [AL] + + MSG: + * Add addtionnal checkings on channel values in communicating functions. + + + Documentation improvements: + * xbt_log module unmercifully reworked [MQ] + + -- + +SimGrid (3.00) stable; urgency=low + + SURF: + * New! Give the possibility to hijack the surf parser and thus bypass + MSG_create_environment and MSG_launch_application. Have a look at + examples/msg/msg_test_surfxml_bypassed.c to see how it can be done. + + -- Arnaud Legrand Sat, 20 Aug 2005 23:25:25 -0700 + +SimGrid (2.96) unstable; urgency=low + + AKA SimGrid 3 rc 2. + + XBT: + * New! Exception handling with setjmp or such (code from OSSP ex) [MQ] + This deprecates the xbt_error_t mecanisms. + It modifies (simplifies) all XBT and GRAS API. + MSG API keeps unchanged (exceptions raised by XBT are catched from + within MSG and masked with existing error handling facilities) + + SURF: + * New! Add a FATPIPE model. [AL] + * New! Add a parallel task model. [AL] + * New! Add automatically a loopback interface (in the default + network model) if none was precised. + + MSG + * Bugfix: MSG_process_resume now works with the current running process. + [AL] + * New! Add MSG_parallel_task_create and MSG_parallel_task_execute. [AL] + * Modification of MSG_task_get_compute_duration. Once a task has been + processed, the value returned by this function is now equal to 0. [AL] + * New! Add double MSG_task_get_remaining_computation(m_task_t task) and + MSG_error_t MSG_task_cancel(m_task_t task). Add a state + (MSG_TASK_CANCELLED) to MSG_error_t corresponding to the cancelation + of a m_task. For now, MSG_task_cancel only works with computation + tasks. [AL] + * New! Add double MSG_get_host_speed(m_host_t h) that returns the speed + of the processor (in Mflop/s) regardless of the current load on the + machine. [AL] + * API Change: use proper naming convention for MSG_getClock and + MSG_process_isSuspended: MSG_get_clock and MSG_process_is_suspended. + [AL] + * New! Add void MSG_task_set_priority(m_task_t task, double priority). + This function changes the priority of a computation task. This priority + doesn't affect the transfer rate. A priority of 2 will make a task + receive two times more cpu power than the other ones. This function + has been added to suit the needs of Nguyen The Loc and hasn't been that + much tested yet. So if it fails, please report it and send me your code. + [AL] + * API Change: removed all functions and types that were marked "deprecated" + since many months. Renamed MSG_global_init_args to MSG_global_init. + + -- Da SimGrid team Mon, 8 Aug 2005 17:58:47 -0700 + +SimGrid (2.95) unstable; urgency=low + + XBT + * Steal some nice code to GNU pth to fix context detection and usage [AL] + * Cleanup in the xbt_config API; add configuration callbacks. [MQ] + * Cleanup in the initialization API: the unused "defaultlog" is dead. [MQ] + + SURF + * Bugfix: Allow absolute paths for platform description files [MQ] + * Bugfix: do free the variables after use. Leads to drastic performance + improvement [AL] + * Implement max_duration (ie, timeouts) on resources [AL] + + MSG + * Implement MSG_config to configure MSG at runtime. xbt_cfg test on a real + case ;) [MQ] + * Implement MSG_channel_select_from() to help GRAS now that SURF provide + the needed support (timeouts) [AL] + + GRAS (new features) + * Implement measurement sockets. You can now get the bandwidth between two + hosts thanks to AMOK (see below). [MQ] + * gras_datadesc_dynar() builds a dynar type descriptor, allowing to send + dynar over the network (yeah) [MQ] + * Real (even if simplistic) implementation of gras_os_myname() on RL [MQ] + * simple/static token-ring example. [Alexandre Colucci and MQ] + * Use MSG_channel_select_from() and remove the *slow* hack we had to put + in place before [MQ] + + GRAS (bug fixes) + * Differentiate the types "char[22]" and "unsigned char[22]" in automatic + type parsing. "short" and "long" modifiers were also ignored; other + modifier (such as reference level) are still ignored. [MQ] + * Embeed the buffer size within the buffer itself on SG. [MQ] + That way, send() are atomic and cannot get intermixed anymore (at least + the ones which are less than 100k; bigger messages still have the issue) + * Array size pushed by the field, not by the field type (or each + and every long int will push stuff to the cbps) [MQ] + * use select() to sleep since it allows to portably sleep less than one + second. [MQ] + + GRAS (minor cleanups) + * .Makefile.local (generated from gras_stub_generator) |MQ]: + - Do clean .o files + - Compile with -g + * Type Callbacks now receive the gras_datadesc_type_t they work on as argument. + * type category 'ignored' killed as it was never used and were difficult + to transmit. + * whether a type can cycle or not is now a flag, leaving room for more + flags (as "ignored", if we feel the need one day ;) + * Rename raw sockets to measurement sockets since "raw" has another + meaning in networking community. + + AMOK + * Advanced Metacomputing Overlay Kit introduction. It is based over GRAS + and offers features not belonging to GRAS but that most applications + need. One day, it may be a set of plugins loadable at runtime. + * New module: bandwidth + bandwidth measurement between arbitrary nodes running this module. [MQ] + + -- Da SimGrid team Thu, 30 Jun 2005 16:29:20 -0700 + +SimGrid (2.94) unstable; urgency=low + + The first beta release of SimGrid 3 ! + + >>>Arnaud<<< + (documentation) + * Update the main page and the FAQ. Adding references to gforge. + + (gras) + * Add a gras_os_getpid function. + + (msg) + * Add MSG_task_get_compute_duration() and MSG_task_get_data_size() + * Extend the logs so that they also print PID, hostname, date, ... if + available. + * Convert the MSG example to the use of xbt_logs instead of PRINT_MESSAGE, + and kill the old version which were in testsuite/ + * Rewrite tools/MSG_visualization/colorize.pl for using with logs instead + of PRINT_MESSAGE + + (xbt) + * Add xbt_os_time(). As the rest of xbt/portability, this is not public + for users. Instead, each programming environment (GRAS, MSG,...) use it + when needed to provide such a feature to users. + Don't shortcut the mecanism or you will also shortcut the virtualization + you need on the simulator. + + >>>Martin<<< + (infrastructure) + * Cleanups in configury with regard to compile optimization/warning flags. + Also add -fno-loop-optimize to any powerpc since it's the optimization + killing gcc (< 3.4.0). + * Doxygen cleanups: move MSG examples, kill the second Doxygen phase + needed by MSG examples complications + * Borrow configury beautifications from PHP + + (xbt) + * Bugfix: XBT_LOG_NEW_DEFAULT_CATEGORY now compiles without compiler + warning (thanks loris for stumbling into this one). + * Bugfix: stop loading private headers (gras_config.h) from the public + ones (xbt/swag.h). + + (gras) + * Change SIMGRID_INSTALL_PATH to GRAS_ROOT in Makefiles generated for user. + * Rename gras_get_my_fqdn to gras_os_myname and implement it in the simulator + RL would imply a DNS resolver, which is *hard* to do in a portable way + (and therefore delayed). + * Implement a real timer mecanism and use it in timing macros. This allows + to avoid rounding errors and get a 0.000005 sec precision in timing + macros. While I was at it, various cleanups: + - allow to declare more than one timed section per file (fix a stupid bug) + - move some private declaration to the right place + - merge conditional execution and timing macros into emulation module + - document the module + - make sure the module cleanups its mess on gras_exit + * Documentation improvements: + - (new) how to compile applications using GRAS + - (new) emulation support (timing macros) + + -- Da SimGrid team Fri, 13 May 2005 10:49:31 +0200 + +SimGrid (2.93) unstable; urgency=low + + Alpha 4 on the path to SimGrid 3 (aka the "neuf-trois" version) + + [Arnaud] + - Use Paje properly where used. Still to be sanitized properly. + - Portability fix: Add an implementation of the contexts using pthread + + [Martin] + (misc) + - Add xbt_procname(): returns the name of the current process. + Use it to show the current process's name in all logging. + (infrastructure) + - fix detection of older flex version and the reaction, since we do + depend on modern ones (we use lex_destroy) + - Better separation of SG and RL in the libs: remove all simulation code + from libgras. As a result, this lib is now only 200k when stripped. + Some of the xbt modules may also be duplicated (two sets and such) and + should be cleaned/killed before SG3. + - Insist on using xlC on AIX because of weird problems involving gcc there. + - Cleanup the make remote stuff. This is now done by scripts + tools/graspe-{master,slave} (GRAS Platform Expender). This is still + mainly for our private use, but we're working on changing them to user + tools, too. + (gras) + - Bugfix: flush the socket on close only if there is some *output*. + - Bugfix: flush idempotent when there's nothing to send (don't send size=0) + (msg) + - Add MSG_task_get_name. The task names are mainly for debugging purpose, + but anyway. + + -- SimGrid team Fri, 4 Mar 2005 14:32:37 -0800 + +SimGrid (2.92) unstable; urgency=low Alpha 3 on the path to SimGrid 3 + [Arnaud] (gras) - New! First try of benchmarking macros. @@ -20,7 +258,7 @@ SimGrid (2.92) NOT RELEASED YET; urgency=low seconds were coded as such. It leaded to damn rounding errors. - Bugfix: Hard to belive that timers ever worked before this. - -- + -- SimGrid team Wed, 23 Feb 2005 22:09:21 +0100 SimGrid (2.91) unstable; urgency=low