X-Git-Url: http://info.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/pub/gitweb/simgrid.git/blobdiff_plain/68df419b94f90deec6780ef4a9e32c19367ff5b9..a28f8d4f0a7734d65dafa41486ca0ab78038a975:/ChangeLog diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 7a3c19a961..265cdce589 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,10 +1,101 @@ -SimGrid (3.12) NOT RELEASED; urgency=low +SimGrid (3.13) UNRELEASED; urgency=low + + The Easter Trim Release. + + Backwards Compatibility breaks + - Some command line options were renamed for consistency sake: + - model-check/sparse-checkpoint -> model-check/sparse_checkpoint + - smpi/async_small_thres -> smpi/async_small_thresh + - smpi/send_is_detached_thres -> smpi/send_is_detached_thresh + + - Removed Lua simulation bindings (switch to C or Java for that). + Lua can still be used to describe platforms + - Removed Java kernel plug-ins. + Will be reintroduced after the ongoing major internals reorg. + - In SimDag + - the SD_application_reinit function was removed. It was a noop for a while. + - The ACCESS_MODE of SD_workstation has been removed. This feature was not really usable and should soon be + replaced by a more flexible mechanism. + - The following functions thus do not exist anymore + - SD_workstation_get_access_mode + - SD_workstation_set_access_mode + - SD_workstation_get_current_task + - Basic estimation functions have been removed but can easily be replaced + - SD_route_get_communication_time => SG_route_get_latency() + amount / SD_route_get_bandwidth() + - SD_workstation_get_computation_time => amount / sg_host_speed() + + XML platforms: + * Switch to platform v4 format. + - Rename from 'power' to 'speed' the attributes describing the amount of + flops that a , , or can deliver per second. + - In , attribute kind="POWER" is now kind="SPEED". + - The DOCTYPE points to the right URL (this file): + http://simgrid.gforge.inria.fr/simgrid/simgrid.dtd + (the file at this address now documents the changelog since its v1) + - A warning is emitted for unit-less values (they are still accepted). + - speed. Default: 'f' or 'flops'. Also defined: + 'Yf', 'Zf', 'Ef', 'Pf', 'Tf', 'Gf', 'Mf', 'kf' + 'yottaflops', 'zettaflops', 'exaflops', 'petaflops', 'teraflops', 'gigaflops', 'megaflops', 'kiloflops' + - bandwidth. Default: 'Bps' bytes per second (or 'bps' for bits but 1 Bps = 8 bps) + Also defined in bytes: 'TiBps', 'GiBps', 'MiBps', 'KiBps', 'TBps', 'GBps', 'MBps', 'kBps', 'Bps' + And the same in bits: 'Tibps', 'Gibps', 'Mibps', 'Kibps', 'Tbps', 'Gbps', 'Mbps', 'kbps', 'bps' + - latency. Default: 's' second. Also defined: + 'w' week, 'd' day, 'h' hour, 'm' minute, 'ms' millisecond, 'us' microsecond, 'ns' nanosecond, 'ps' picosecond + + * bin/simgrid_update_xml can upgrade your files automatically (won't convert unit-less values) + tools/sg_xml_unit_converter.py may help (but it's just a warning and will probably ever be). + + S4U + * s4u::Host is now the preferred public interface to the Host features. + sg_host_* functions are C bindings to the exact same behavior + MSG_host_* and SD_workstation_* are #define to the sg_host_* ones + + MSG + * Kill all deprecated functions (the ones you had when declaring MSG_DEPRECATED). + They were deprecated since a few years, and probably did not even compile anymore. + + SimDag + * The API has been profoundly modified to directly use the core objects instead of redefining its own. + SD_Workstation_t and SD_link_t are now sg_host_t and sg_link_t respectively. + Some functions have also been renamed for consistency. Backward compatibility is maintained, but users are + encouraged to update their codes. A list of the modified functions can be found at the end of + include/simgrid/simdag.h + + Simix + * simgrid::simix::kernel() is the closure callback. It ensures that + the lambda or closure passed as a parameter will run in kernel mode. + Every callbacks should be rewritten to that interface at some point. + + Surf + * Reorganizing and cleaning the internals all around the place. + + SMPI + * Remove old default barrier/bcast buggy algorithms (see #18407) + * Various bug fixes to handle more codes + + XBT + * Kill the setset data container: MC don't use it anymore. + * Kill the queue data container: it made more sense with GRAS. + * Kill the xbt_peer_t data type: it's useless without GRAS. + * New functions: + - xbt_dynar_sort_strings(), when the content is char* + - xbt_str_parse_int / xbt_str_parse_double, wrapping strtol/strtod + They throw exceptions on invalid input. + + -- $date Da SimGrid team + +SimGrid (3.12) stable; urgency=low + + The Facelift Release. Build System * Require g++ v4.7 at least to not speak prehistorical C++. * Require Boost 1.48 (for signal2 component). + * Java must be version 7 at least when activated. + * Builds on Windows again (including Java bindings). * Tracing is now always enabled (no way to turn it out) * Remove GTNetS. It was not working anyway. + * Various cleanups in the cmake scripts. * Move headers around to sort them out on installed systems: - instr/instr.h -> simgrid/instr.h - instr/jedule/* -> simgrid/jedule @@ -106,13 +197,14 @@ SimGrid (3.12) NOT RELEASED; urgency=low - Add a xbt_heap_update function, to avoid costly xbt_heap_remove+xbt_heap_insert use - Add a xbt wrapper for simcall_mutex_trylock (asked in [#17878]) - Add two new log appenders : rollfile and splitfile. Patch by Fabien Chaix. + - xbt_dirname and xbt_basename for non-POSIX systems MC * The model checker now runs as a separate process. * The model checker runs must now be launched with the new simgrid-mc program. * Record/Replay: the MC can display a textual representation of a path in the execution graph. It can then be replayed outside of the model checker. - -- $date Da SimGrid team + -- Mon Oct 12 06:02:41 CEST 2015 Da SimGrid team SimGrid (3.11) stable; urgency=low