X-Git-Url: http://info.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/pub/gitweb/simgrid.git/blobdiff_plain/7d57ca811234dbffc0e041914391e0fe47c2d3ae..a4d071afeab4b3ff0a50eefbf48a391d4e8978aa:/ChangeLog diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index b1d47060a1..d128462cd2 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,46 +1,97 @@ 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() + - In Java + - VM.setBound(int load) is now VM.setBound(double bound) to meet the MSG semantics. Use VM.getSpeed()*load/100 for the legacy behavior. + - In CMake + - option enable_tracing was removed. It was not doing anything since a while. + + 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". + - In and , attributes availability and state are gone. + It was redundent with state and availability traces, and with peak values. + - Kill . Was not doing anything. + - The DOCTYPE points to the right URL: + 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 prefered public interface to the Host features. + * 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. They were deprecated since a few - releases anyway, and probably did not even compile anymore. + * 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. - MC - * BC breaks: - - The option "model-check/sparse-checkpoint" was renamed to - "model-check/sparse_checkpoint" as we attempt to unify our naming - schemes. - Surf * Reorganizing and cleaning the internals all around the place. SMPI - * BC breaks: - - The option smpi/async_small_thres was renamed to smpi/async_small_thresh - as we attempt to unify our naming schemes -> smpi/send_is_detached_thresh * Remove old default barrier/bcast buggy algorithms (see #18407) - * Various bugfixes to handle more codes + * 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. + * Kill rm_cb feature of config sets: it was never useful. + * Kill graphxml parsing feature. It was not used. + * Kill the deprecated code protected by XBT_USE_DEPRECATED + * 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. - JAVA: - * Remove the ability to write internal plugins in Java. - It may be reintroduced once the ongoing cleanup is done. - -- $date Da SimGrid team SimGrid (3.12) stable; urgency=low @@ -602,6 +653,30 @@ SimGrid (3.8) stable; urgency=low -- Thu Oct 25 17:30:06 CEST 2012 Da SimGrid team +SimGrid-java (3.8.1) stable; urgency=low + + * New module: org.simgrid.trace.Trace (SimGrid trace bindings) + Warning: all methods are visible, but only some of them are + implemented so far. Check the source (src/jtrace.c) + for further information. + * New module: org.simgrid.msg.File (SimGrid File management functions) + * New Module: org.simgrid.msg.VM (SimGrid interface to mimick IAAS clouds) + * Change the meaning of Process.restart: now restart the process from + the begining, like MSG_process_restart in C. + * Add Process.setAutoRestart: handling of process restart when failed + host comes back. + * Add Process.getProperty, Host.getProperty, Host.getProperty: allows + you to retrieve the properties of the processes/hosts + * Deprecate Msg.clean(): you can just forget about it now. + * New function Process.getCount(), that only works when compiling + with the not yet released version 3.9 of the C library. + + * New context factory based on Coroutines. It mandates a modified JVM + but then, the simulations run about five times faster, and there is + no limit to the amount of processes (beside of the available memory). + + -- 2012-12-04 Da SimGrid team + SimGrid (3.7.1) stable; urgency=low MSG: @@ -633,6 +708,38 @@ SimGrid (3.7.1) stable; urgency=low -- Thu Jun 7 2012 Da SimGrid team + +SimGrid-java (3.7.1) stable; urgency=low + + The "Java aint got to be bloated and slow" release + + Major cleanups: + * Various internal cleanups and performance improvement + Simulations are expected to run up to twice faster or so + * Make Process.kill(process) an instance method, not a static one + * User processes are not java.lang.Thread subclasses. + This breaks the compatibility (sorry), but previous API was + brain-dead, making it impossible to have non-trivial + initializations in the process constructor. + * Require a full constructor per Process sub-class. + Kinda breaks the compatibility (sorry), but this allows a much more + efficient way to launch the processes at simulation startup. + * Do not embeed our version of semaphores, java 1.5 can be considered + as sufficiently prevalent for us to not dupplicate its features. + * Lot of bug fixes + + Extend the API: + * Add examples for almost every part of the API + We spotted and fixed a lot of bugs in the process + + * New module: asynchronous communication API + * New function: Process.sleep() + It takes milliseconds as argument, just as java.lang.Thread.sleep() + * New module: org.simgrid.msg.Mutex (SimGrid mutexes) + * New module: org.simgrid.msg.RngStream (RngStreams random generators) + + -- 2012-06-12 Da SimGrid team + SimGrid (3.7) stable; urgency=low The "spring cleanups (before the next Big Project kicks in)" release. @@ -778,6 +885,7 @@ SimGrid (3.7) stable; urgency=low -- Tue May 15 11:30:19 UTC 2012 Da SimGrid team + SimGrid (3.6.2) stable; urgency=low The "Not coding new stuff allows to polish old things" release. @@ -833,6 +941,13 @@ SimGrid (3.6.1) stable; urgency=low -- Mon Jun 27 13:59:03 CEST 2011 Da SimGrid team +SimGrid-java (3.6) unstable; urgency=low + + * Initial release. + * Split of every thing from simgrid v3.5 into a separate package. + + -- 2011-10-05 Da SimGrid team + SimGrid (3.6) stable; urgency=medium The Summer Release, also known as the "OMG! They Killed Kenny!" version