X-Git-Url: http://info.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/pub/gitweb/simgrid.git/blobdiff_plain/7a21edf0ad00eee185ec492e9bbf094901fa25fe..772d63cca583f5d16096fa9f487b4ab07d9af8f0:/ChangeLog diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 48b472a384..2ff6295222 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,21 +1,22 @@ -SimGrid (3.10) NOT RELEASED; urgency=low +SimGrid (3.11) NOT RELEASED; urgency=low - XBT: - * Our own implementation of getline is renamed xbt_getline, and gets - used even if the OS provide a getline(). This should reduce the - configuration complexity by using the same code on all platforms. - * new xbt_cfg_elm_boolean type - * Allow to disable SimGrid cleanups at exit from command line option. - There are situations where one may want a simulation to end with an exit. - Unfortunately, calling exit may cause SimGrid to segfault, which is quite - annoying when scripting around the simulator. Adding a - --cfg=clean_atexit:yes allows to circumvent this issue. + TENTATIVE RELEASE GOALS for 3.11: + * Consider the removal of Supernovae mode if no user has manifested since the + release of version 3.10. + * Switch to tesh.pl, and kill the now unused parts of xbt that seem fragile + * Switch to surf++, and reintegrate the hypervisor branch on top of it + + -- $date Da SimGrid team + +SimGrid (3.10) stable; urgency=low + + The Clean Diaper Release, a.k.a. SimGrid is leak-free. Java: * Reintegrate Java to the main archive as desynchronizing these package is not acceptable anymore (Java is now considered stable) * Add explicit synchronization facilities through semaphores - * Bugfix: Task.setDataSize() only changed the C world, not the value + * Bug fix: Task.setDataSize() only changed the C world, not the value cached in the Java world MSG: @@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ SimGrid (3.10) NOT RELEASED; urgency=low this part of MSG was not considered as production grade either. * Add explicit synchronization facilities through semaphores * Add a new function MSG_host_get_process_list() + * Preliminary DVFS support (see examples/msg/energy/ for details) SMPI: * SMPI is now included directly in the libsimgrid as the windows @@ -35,7 +37,13 @@ SimGrid (3.10) NOT RELEASED; urgency=low - The replay tool now supports traces produce either by TAU or a modified version of MPE. - Bug Fix: the compute part of the reduce action is now taken into account. - * smpirun generates the hostfile if needed (with given hostcount and platform) + - Gatherv collective is now supported + - SimGrid (SMPI for now) can generate replay traces as well. Option -trace-ti + of smpirun outputs time independent traces for the current run. One file + is created per process. If too many processes are simulated, this behavior + can be changed to one file for all processes by using the + tracing/smpi/format/ti_one_file flag + * smpirun generates the host file if needed (with given host count and platform) * Integration of more than 100 STAR-MPI, MPICH, OpenMPI collective algorithms - allows to select one in particular with --cfg=smpi/coll_name:algorithm - allows to use the decision logic of OpenMPI(1.7) or MPICH(3.0.4) by setting @@ -44,11 +52,22 @@ SimGrid (3.10) NOT RELEASED; urgency=low Reduce * Add a --cfg:tracing/smpi/internals option, to trace internal communications happening inside a collective SMPI call. - * Fix the behavior of complex data types handling - * replace MPICH-1 test suite by the one from MPICH 3.0.4. Can be built using + * Fix the behavior of complex data types handling. + * Make MPI_Wtime another synchronization point to take computations into account. + * Replace MPICH-1 test suite by the one from MPICH 3.0.4. Can be built using enable_smpi_MPICH3_testsuite flag in cmake. Run with ctest. * Add all missing Fortran bindings, SMPI should work with Fortran 90 (no privatization of global variables yet) + * Preliminary DVFS support (see examples/smpi/energy/ for details) + + Model-Checking; + * Verification of liveness properties is now available for SMPI applications + (in addition to MSG applications) + * Bugged examples using SMPI in examples/smpi/mc/ + * Add --cfg=model-check/visited option. Allows the verification of infinite + programs. Detection of loops in the execution thanks to the system state + comparison and reduction of the state space to explore. Can be combined with + DPOR for safety properties. SimDag: * Allow to change SimGrid configuration (see --help) within the code @@ -65,7 +84,28 @@ SimGrid (3.10) NOT RELEASED; urgency=low routing. Now peers are encapsulated in an AS and have their own private router but this is transparent. --- $date Da SimGrid team + XBT: + * Our own implementation of getline is renamed xbt_getline, and gets + used even if the OS provide a getline(). This should reduce the + configuration complexity by using the same code on all platforms. + * New type: xbt_cfg_elm_boolean. + * Allow to use yes/no for boolean configuration options in the command line. + * Allow to disable SimGrid cleanups at exit from command line option. + There are situations where one may want a simulation to end with an exit. + Unfortunately, calling exit may cause SimGrid to segfault, which is quite + annoying when scripting around the simulator. Adding a + --cfg=clean_atexit:no allows to circumvent this issue. + + Build System: + * Lots of memory leaks were corrected in this release. + There is no known memory leaks anymore, in all of our 600+ tests. + * New command line option --version, to get SimGrid version information. + Packagers may want to add extra words to SIMGRID_VERSION_EXTRA defined in + CMakeLists.txt. + * Supernovae builds are deprecated, and expected to be removed in the next + version of SimGrid. + + -- Sun Nov 17 00:26:44 CET 2013 Da SimGrid team SimGrid (3.9) stable; urgency=low @@ -141,7 +181,7 @@ SimGrid (3.9) stable; urgency=low TRACING: * Transfer the tracing files into the corresponding modules. - -- Tue Feb 5 11:31:43 CET 2013 Da SimGrid team + -- Tue Feb 5 11:31:43 CET 2013 Da SimGrid team SimGrid (3.8.1) stable; urgency=low @@ -441,7 +481,7 @@ SimGrid (3.7) stable; urgency=low Turn model-checking OFF if simulation performance matters to you. Not enabling it at runtime is not enough, disable it in cmake. - -- Tue May 15 11:30:19 UTC 2012 Da SimGrid team + -- Tue May 15 11:30:19 UTC 2012 Da SimGrid team SimGrid (3.6.2) stable; urgency=low