Release Notices for Cactus 4.0 beta 16 ====================================== Date: 2 February 2009 Released modules: ================ Cactus CactusBase CactusBench CactusConnect CactusEinstein CactusElliptic CactusExamples CactusExternal CactusIO CactusPUGH CactusPUGHIO CactusTest CactusUtils CactusWave New thorns: ========== CactusBase/InitBase CactusExternal/BLAS CactusExternal/FFTWlib CactusExternal/GSL CactusExternal/HDF5 CactusExternal/LAPACK CactusExternal/LORENE CactusExternal/PETSc CactusExternal/SDF CactusTest/TestAllTypes CactusTest/TestFortranDependencies1 CactusTest/TestFortranDependencies2 CactusTest/TestGlobalReduce CactusTest/TestLocalReduce CactusTest/TestSchedule CactusTest/TestTable CactusTest/TestTypes New supported architectures: ============================ Blue Gene/P Cray XT-4 Loongson 2F SiCortex CVS Tag: ======== Cactus_4_0_Beta_16 ============================================================================== CHANGES FOR BETA 16 =================== Flesh ===== New Reduction Interface: - There is a new reduction interface which has been brought into line with the interpolation interface. The old reduction interface will remain available. New mechanism for configuring external libraries: - External libraries, such as e.g. HDF5 or LAPACK, can now be configured via configuration scripts within thorns, instead of relying on the central Cactus configuration mechanism. This simplifies interfacing to non-Cactus libraries. A set of new thorns in the CactusExternal arrangement use this mechanism. The old configuration mechanism is still available. Cactus documentation format changed to PDF: - Documentation is now produced as pdf files (instead of postscript). Figures in thorn documentation directories need to be updated from eps to pdf as well. Core Thorns =========== CactusBase/InitBase: - A new thorn CactusBase/InitBase helps ensure that initial data are set up correctly on all time levels. It does not set up any initial data by itself; it merely remembers how initial data are to be set up, so that other thorns can check their actions against this thorn. ============================================================================== KNOWN BUGS IN BETA 16 ===================== (See Cactus bug tracking system for a complete list) ============================================================================== TEST MACHINES NOTES =================== (Alphabetical by architecture.) * Cray XT-4 o kraken.nics.tennessee.edu with MPI (MPI: Native) (PGI 7.2.5) - not compiling: CactusElliptic/EllPETSc (missing certain PETSc libraries) CactusExternal/PETSc (missing certain PETSc libraries) CactusConnect/HTTPD (no SSL installed) CactusConnect/HTTPDExtra (no SSL installed) CactusConnect/Socket (no SSL installed) CactusExternal/SDF (no SDF installed) CactusExternal/LORENE (no LORENE installed) CactusEinstein/AHFinder (compiler issues) CactusTest/TestAllTypes (compiler issues) - testsuites failing: test_ADM_2 (from ADM) test_axibrill_nostagger (from IDAxiBrillBH) teuktest4 (from PsiKadelia) arrays (from TestArrays) arrays0 (from TestArrays) * IBM p5 o pelican.hpc.lsu.edu with MPI (MPI: Native) (xlc-7.0 / xlf-9.1) Other LONI/LSU p5 systems are similar, i.e., bluedawg.loni.org, ducky.loni.org, lacumba.loni.org, neptune.loni.org, zeke.loni.org - not compiling: CactusElliptic/EllPETSc (no PETSc installed) CactusExternal/PETSc (no PETSc installed) CactusExternal/SDF (no SDF installed) CactusExternal/FFTWlib (no FFTW installed) CactusTest/TestAllTypes (not all types available) - testsuites failing: test_ADM_2 (from ADM) test_axibrill_nostagger (from IDAxiBrillBH) teuktest4 (from PsiKadelia) * Intel IA32 (Linux 2.6.9-55.0.9.EL_lustre.1.6.4custom) o abe.ncsa.uiuc.edu with MPI (MPI: mvapich2-0.9.8p2patched, compiled with Intel, and with ofed-1.2) (Intel icc/icpc 10.1.008 / ifort 10.1.008) - not compiling: CactusElliptic/EllPETSc (PETSc not installed) CactusExternal/FFTWlib (FFTW not installed) CactusExternal/LORENE (LORENE not installed) CactusExternal/PETSc (PETSc not installed) CactusExternal/SDF (SDF not installed) CactusPUGHIO/IOStreamedHDF5 (installed HDF5 does not suppport streaming) - testsuites failing: test_ADM_2 (from ADM) test_axibrill_nostagger (from IDAxiBrillBH) teuktest4 (from PsiKadelia) arrays (from TestArrays) arrays0 (from TestArrays) o eric.loni.org with MPI (mvapich2-1.02 compiled with Intel C++ 10.1) (Intel icc/icpc v10.1.008 / ifort v10.1.008) All other LONI and LSU Linux clusters are similar, i.e., louie.loni.org, oliver.loni.org, poseidon.loni.org, queenbee.loni.org, tezpur.hpc.lsu.edu - not compiling: CactusExternal/SDF (no SDF installed) TAT/TATPETSc (not compatible with PETSc installed) - testsuites failing: test_ADM_2 (from ADM) test_axibrill_nostagger (from IDAxiBrillBH) teuktest4 (from PsiKadelia) arrays (from TestArrays) arrays0 (from TestArrays) test_waveell (from IDScalarWaveElliptic) o lonestar.tacc.utexas.edu with MPI (MPI: MVAPICH/1.0.1) (Intel icc/icpc 10.1 / ifort 10.1) - not compiling: CactusElliptic/EllPETSc (PETSc not installed) CactusExternal/FFTWlib (FFTW not installed) CactusExternal/LORENE (LORENE not installed) CactusExternal/PETSc (PETSc not installed) CactusExternal/SDF (SDF not installed) CactusPUGHIO/IOStreamedHDF5 (installed HDF5 does not suppport streaming) - testsuites failing: test_ADM_2 (from ADM) test_axibrill_nostagger (from IDAxiBrillBH) teuktest4 (from PsiKadelia) arrays (from TestArrays) arrays0 (from TestArrays) test_waveell (from IDScalarWaveElliptic) o numrel02.cct.lsu.edu with MPI (MPI: MPICH/1.2.7p1) (GCC 4.3.0 20080109 (experimental)) Linux workstation - not compiling: CactusExternal/FFTWlib (FFTW not installed) CactusExternal/LORENE (LORENE not installed) CactusExternal/SDF (SDF not installed) CactusPUGHIO/IOStreamedHDF5 (installed HDF5 does not suppport streaming) - testsuites failing: test_ADM_2 (from ADM) test_axibrill_nostagger (from IDAxiBrillBH) teuktest4 (from PsiKadelia) arrays (from TestArrays) arrays0 (from TestArrays) o numrel02.cct.lsu.edu with MPI (MPI: MPICH/1.2.7p1) (Intel icc/icpc v10.1.013 / ifort v10.1.013) Linux workstation - not compiling: CactusElliptic/EllPETSc (PETSc not installed) CactusExternal/FFTWlib (FFTW not installed) CactusExternal/LORENE (LORENE not installed) CactusExternal/PETSc (PETSc not installed) CactusExternal/SDF (SDF not installed) CactusPUGHIO/IOStreamedHDF5 (installed HDF5 does not suppport streaming) - testsuites failing: test_ADM_2 (from ADM) test_axibrill_nostagger (from IDAxiBrillBH) teuktest4 (from PsiKadelia) arrays (from TestArrays) arrays0 (from TestArrays) test_waveell (from IDScalarWaveElliptic) o numrel02.cct.lsu.edu without MPI (Intel icc/icpc v10.1.013 / ifort v10.1.013) Linux workstation - not compiling: CactusElliptic/EllPETSc (PETSc not installed) CactusExternal/FFTWlib (FFTW not installed) CactusExternal/LORENE (LORENE not installed) CactusExternal/PETSc (PETSc not installed) CactusExternal/SDF (SDF not installed) CactusPUGHIO/IOPanda (configured without MPI) CactusPUGHIO/IOStreamedHDF5 (installed HDF5 does not suppport streaming) - testsuites failing: test_ADM_2 (from ADM) test_axibrill_nostagger (from IDAxiBrillBH) teuktest4 (from PsiKadelia) arrays (from TestArrays) arrays0 (from TestArrays) o ranger.tacc.utexas.edu with MPI (MPI: MVAPICH/0.9.9) (Intel icc/icpc v10.1 / ifort v10.1) - not compiling: CactusElliptic/EllPETSc (PETSc requires MVAPICH2) CactusExternal/PETSc (PETSc requires MVAPICH2) CactusExternal/SDF (no SDF installed) CactusExternal/LORENE (no LORENE installed) - testsuites failing: test_ADM_2 (from ADM) test_axibrill_nostagger (from IDAxiBrillBH) teuktest4 (from PsiKadelia) arrays (from TestArrays) arrays0 (from TestArrays) test_waveell (from IDScalarWaveElliptic) o redshift with MPI (MPI: MPICH/1.2.7) (GCC 4.3.2) Mac OS X laptop - not compiling: CactusExternal/LORENE (LORENE not installed) CactusExternal/SDF (SDF not installed) CactusPUGHIO/IOStreamedHDF5 (installed HDF5 does not suppport streaming) CactusTest/TestAllTypes (CCTK_REAL16 not supported) - testsuites failing: test_ADM_2 (from ADM) test_axibrill_nostagger (from IDAxiBrillBH) teuktest4 (from PsiKadelia) arrays (from TestArrays) arrays0 (from TestArrays) o redshift without MPI (GCC 4.3.2) Mac OS X laptop - not compiling: CactusElliptic/EllPETSc (PETSc not installed) CactusExternal/LORENE (LORENE not installed) CactusExternal/PETSc (PETSc not installed) CactusExternal/SDF (SDF not installed) CactusPUGHIO/IOPanda (configured without MPI) CactusPUGHIO/IOStreamedHDF5 (installed HDF5 does not suppport streaming) CactusTest/TestAllTypes (CCTK_REAL16 not supported) - testsuites failing: test_ADM_2 (from ADM) test_axibrill_nostagger (from IDAxiBrillBH) teuktest4 (from PsiKadelia) arrays (from TestArrays) arrays0 (from TestArrays) * Intel IA64 (Scientific Linux 5.0, 2.6.18-SMP) o damiana.aei.mpg.de with MPI (MPI: Scali MPI 5.6.3) (Intel icc/icpc v10.1.008 / ifort v10.1.008) - not compiling: CactusElliptic/EllPETSc (no PETSc installed) CactusExternal/PETSc (no PETSc installed) TAT/TATPETSc (no PETSc installed) CactusExternal/SDF (no SDF installed) CactusExternal/FFTWlib (no FFTW installed) - testsuites failing: test_ADM_2 (from ADM) test_axibrill_nostagger (from IDAxiBrillBH) teuktest4 (from PsiKadelia) arrays (from TestArrays) arrays0 (from TestArrays) * SGI Altix 4700 o hlrb2.lrz-muenchen.de with MPI (MPI: Native) (Intel icc/icpc v10.1.018 / ifort v10.1.018) - not compiling: CactusElliptic/EllPETSc (incompatible PETSc installation) CactusExternal/PETSc (incompatible PETSc installation) CactusExternal/SDF (no SDF installed) - testsuites failing: test_ADM_2 (from ADM) test_axibrill_nostagger (from IDAxiBrillBH) teuktest4 (from PsiKadelia) arrays (from TestArrays) arrays0 (from TestArrays) * SGI Altix Prism o santaka.cct.lsu.edu with MPI (MPI: Native) (Intel icc v10.1.015 / ifort v10.1.015) - not compiling: CactusElliptic/EllPETSc (no PETSc installed) CactusExternal/PETSc (no PETSc installed) CactusExternal/SDF (no SDF installed) CactusExternal/FFTWlib (no FFTW installed) - testsuites failing: test_ADM_2 (from ADM) test_axibrill_nostagger (from IDAxiBrillBH) teuktest4 (from PsiKadelia) arrays (from TestArrays) arrays0 (from TestArrays) * SiCortex o machine located at SiCortex in Houston with MPI (custom MPI) (PathScale 3.2.99r) - not compiling: CactusConnect/HTTPD (no SSL installed) CactusConnect/HTTPDExtra (no SSL installed) CactusConnect/Socket (no SSL installed) CactusEinstein/AHFinder (compiler issues) CactusElliptic/EllPETSc (missing certain PETSc libraries) CactusExternal/LORENE (no LORENE installed) CactusExternal/PETSc (missing certain PETSc libraries) CactusExternal/SDF (no SDF installed) CactusPUGHIO/IOStreamedHDF5 (installed HDF5 does not suppport streaming) CactusTest/TestAllTypes (CCTK_REAL16 not supported) CactusTest/TestCoordinates (some types not supported) CactusTest/TestAllTypes (compiler issues) - testsuites failing: test_Bench (from BenchADM) test_ADM_2 (from ADM) test_axibrill_nostagger (from IDAxiBrillBH) test_pw_ADM_sl (from IDLinearWaves) test_maximal_1 (from Maximal) teuktest4 (from PsiKadelia) ===================================================================== CONFIGURATION FILES FOR TEST MACHINES ------------------------------------- Availabe in CVS at cvs -d :pserver:cvs_anon@cvs.cactuscode.org:/cactus checkout Utilities/Releases/Beta16