Release Notices for Cactus 4.0 beta 5 ===================================== Friday November 12th 1999 (Super Computing 1999 Release) Released modules: ================ Cactus CactusBase CactusEinstein CactusElliptic CactusNet CactusPUGH CactusPUGHIO CactusWave external New thorns: ========== CactusEinstein/TimeGeodesic CactusEinstein/AHFinder Main Changes: ============ Faster compilation times (Cactus) Initial implementation of timing information (Cactus) CVS Tag: Cactus_4_0_Beta_5 ======= ============================================================================== CHANGES FOR BETA 5 ================== Utils ===== 1) Recompilation times faster. Now adding or removing thorns does not involve a complete rebuild 2) Initial implementation of timing information, use parameter Cactus::timing_ Util Thorns =========== 1) CactusBase/Boundary: Robin boundary conditions added 2) CactusPUGHIO/IsoSurfacer: Now works correctly for data from analysis routines Relativity Thorns ================= 1) CactusEinstein/TimeGeodesic: New thorn: Tracks timelike geodesics with given initial positions and velocities. 2) CactusEinstein/AHFinder: New thorn: locates apparent horizons on a slice ============================================================================== KNOWN BUGS IN BETA 5 ==================== (See Cactus bug tracking system for a complete list) 1) CactusNet/http, external/TCPXX, external/RemoteIO still not compiling on all platforms 2) EllPETSc only compiles with MPI, but doesn't tell you this 3) AxiBrillBH has problems on some platforms ============================================================================== WHAT TO EXPECT IN BETA 6 ======================== 1) Fixes for all known bugs in Beta 5 2) Finished implementation of 1D, 2D, 3D arrays 3) Maximal slicing 4) Generic implementation of parameter choice for elliptic slicings ============================================================================== TEST MACHINES NOTES =================== * Intel Linux o bifrost.aei-potsdam.mpg.de Redhat 6.0, Absoft compiler, wo MPI + Remove: CactusElliptic/EllPETSc CactusPUGHIO/IOHDF5, + Notes: CactusElliptic/EllPETSc compiled with MPICH o gullveig.aei-potsdam.mpg.de Redhat 6.0, Absoft compiler, MPI LAM + Remove: CactusPUGHIO/IOHDF5, CactusElliptic/EllPETSc * Dec Alpha o galar.aei-potsdam.mpg.de wo MPI + Remove: CactusEinstein/IDAxiBrillBH CactusElliptic/EllPETSc, CactusNet/http, CactusPUGHIO/HDF5, external/RemoteIO, * SGI 64 bit o kvasir.aei-potsdam.mpg.de Irix 6.5, w/wo native MPI + Remove: CactusElliptic/EllPETSc + Configure: HDF5=yes MPI=NATIVE HDF5_DIR=/usr/local/apps/hdf5 * SGI 32 bit o nott.aei-potsdam.mpg.de Irix 6.5 wo MPI + Remove: CactusElliptic/EllPETSc CactusPUGHIO/IOHDF5, + Notes: Problem with output for PsiKadelia test * T3E o pc.rzg.mpg.de w/wo native MPI + Remove: CactusEinstein/IDAxiBrillBH CactusElliptic/EllPETSc, CactusPUGHIO/IOHDF5, * Windows NT o ntsc-ts1.ncsa.uiuc.edu w/wo HPVM MPI + Remove: CactusElliptic/PETSc, CactusNet/http, CactusNet/NetGeometry, CactusPUGHIO/IOHDF5, CactusPUGHIO/IsoSurfacer, CactusWave/IDScalarWaveCXX, CactusWave/IDWaveToyCXX external/RemoteIO, external/TCPXX, + Configure: MPI=CUSTOM MPI_LIBS="mpi.lib fm.lib advapi32.lib kernel32.lib wsock32.lib" MPI_INC_DIRS ="d:/apps/hpvm/include" + Notes: testsuite checking technology doesn't work here with MPI because of batch queues * HP o exemplar.npaci.edu wo MPI, HP-UX 10.01 + Remove: CactusElliptic/PETSc, CactusNet/http, CactusNet/NetGeometry CactusPUGHIO/IsoSurfacer, CactusPUGHIO/IOHDF5 external/RemoteIO, external/TCPXX, * SP2 o quad.mcs.anl.gov wo MPI + Remove: CactusEinstein/IDAxiBrillBH, CactusElliptic/EllPETSc, CactusNet/http, CactusNet/NetGeometry, CactusPUGHIO/IsoSurfacer, CactusPUGHIO/IOHDF5 external/RemoteIO, external/TCPXX, + Notes: dependencies broken for IEEEIO, can ignore and continue