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Change Log / Release Log for PIConGPU

Open Beta RC5

Date: TBA

This is the 5th release candidate, a pre-beta version.

Changes to "Open Beta RC4"

.param file changes:

  • n/a

New Features:

  • n/a

Bug fixes:

  • n/a

Misc:

  • n/a

Open Beta RC4

Date: 2014-03-07

This is the 4th release candidate, a pre-beta version.

Changes to "Open Beta RC3"

.param file changes:

New Features:

  • 2D support for basic PIC cycle #212
  • hdf5 output xdmf meta description added: ParaView/VisIt support #219
  • background current (FieldJ) can be added now #245

Bug fixes:

  • beta-rc3 was broken for some clusters due to an init bug #239
  • examples/WeibelTransverse 4 GPU example was broken #221
  • smooth script was broken for 1D fields #223
  • configure non-existing path did not throw an error #229
  • compile time vector "max" was broken #224
  • cuda_memtest did throw false negatives on hypnos #231 #236
  • plugin "png" did not compile for missing freetype #248

Misc:

  • documentation updates
    • radiation post processing scripts #222
    • more meta data in hdf5 output #216
    • tbg help extended and warnings to errors #226
    • doc/PARTICIPATE.md is now GitHub's CONTRIBUTING.md #247 #252
    • slurm interactive queue one-liner added #250
    • developers updated #251
  • clean up / refactoring
    • cell_size -> cellSize #227
    • typeCast -> precisionCast #228
    • param file includes (see above for details) #234
    • DataConnector interface redesign #218 #232
    • Esirkepov implementation "paper-like" #238

Open Beta RC3

Date: 2014-02-14

This is the third release candidate, a pre-beta version.

Changes to "Open Beta RC2"

.param and .cfg file changes:

  • componentsConfig.param:
  • dimension.param: new file with simDim setting #134
    • only add this file to your example/test/config if you want to change it from the default value (3D)
  • fieldConfig.param: renamed to fieldSolver.param #131
  • fieldBackground.param: new file to add external background fields #131
  • cfg files cleaned up #153 #193

New Features:

  • background fields for E and B #131
  • write parallel hdf5 with libSplash 1.1 #141 #151 #156 #191 #196
  • new plugins
    • ADIOS output support #179 #196
    • makroParticleCounter/PerSuperCell #163
  • cuda_memtest can check mapped memory now #173
  • EnergyDensity works for 2-3D now #175
  • new type floatD_X shall be used for position types (2-3D) #184
  • libPMacc
    • new functors for multiplications and substractions #135
    • opened more interfaces to old functors #197
    • MappedMemoryBuffer added #169 #182
    • unary transformations can be performed on DataBox'es now, allowing for non-commutative operations in reduces #204

Bug fixes:

  • libPMacc
    • GridBuffer could deadlock if called uninitialized #149
    • TaskSetValue was broken for all arrays with x-size != n*256 #174
    • CUDA 6.0 runs crashed during cudaSetDeviceFlags #200
    • extern shared mem could not be used with templated types #199
  • tbg
    • clearify error message if the tpl file does not exist #130
  • HDF5Writer did not write ions any more #188
  • return type of failing Slurm runs fixed #198 #205
  • particles in-cell position fixed with cleaner algorithm #209

Misc:

  • documentation improved for
    • cuSTL #116
    • gasConfig.param describe slopes better (no syntax changes) #126
    • agreed on coding guide lines #155 #161 #140
    • example documentation started #160 #162 #176
    • taurus (slurm based HPC cluster) updates #206
  • IDE: ignore Code::Blocks files #125
  • Esirkepov performance improvement by 30% #139
  • MySimulation asserts refactored for nD #187
  • Fields.def with field forward declarations added, refactored to provide common ValueType #178
  • icc warnings in cuda_memcheck fixed #210
  • libPMacc
    • refactored math::vector to play with DataSpace #138 #147
    • addLicense script updated #167
    • MPI_CHECK writes to stderr now #168
    • TVec from/to CT::Int conversion #185
    • PositionFilter works for 2-3D now #189 #207
    • DeviceBuffer cudaPitchedPtr handling clean up #186
    • DataBoxDim1Access refactored #202

Open Beta RC2

Date: 2013-11-27

This is the second release candidate, a pre-beta version.

Changes to "Open Beta RC1"

.param file changes:

New Features:

  • A change log was introduced for master releases #93
  • new gas profile "gasFreeFormula" for user defined profiles #96
  • CMake (config) #79
    • checks for minimal required versions of dependent libraries #92
    • checks for libSplash version #85
    • update to v2.8.5+ #52
    • implicit plugin selection: enabled if found #52
    • throw more warnings #37
    • experimental support for icc 12.1 and PGI 13.6 #37
  • libPMacc
    • full rewrite of the way we build particle frames # 86
    • cuSTL: ForEach works on host 1D and 2D data now #44
    • math::pow added #54
    • compile time ForEach added #50
  • libSplash
    • dependency upgraded to beta (v1.0) release #80
    • type traits for types PIConGPU - libSplash #69
    • splash2txt update to beta interfaces #83
  • new particle to grid routines calculating the Larmor energy #68
  • dumping multiple FieldTmp to hdf5 now possible #50
  • new config for SLURM batch system (taurus) #39

Bug fixes:

  • libPMacc
    • cuSTL
      • assign was broken for deviceBuffers #103
      • lambda expressions were broken #42 #46 #100
      • icc support was broken #100 #101
      • views were broken #62
    • InheritGenerator and deselect: icc fix #101
    • VampirTrace (CUPTI) support: cudaDeviceReset added #90
    • GameOfLife example fixed #53 #55
    • warnings in __cudaKernel fixed #51
  • picongpu
    • removed all non-ascii chars from job scripts #95 #98
    • CMake
      • keep ptx code was broken #82
      • PGI: string compare broken #75
      • MPI: some libs require to load the C++ dependencies, too #64
      • removed deprecated variables #52
      • Threads: find package was missing #34
    • various libSplash bugs #78 #80 #84
    • current calculation speedup was broken #72
    • Cell2Particle functor missed to provide static methods #49
  • tools
    • compile: script uses -q now implicit for parallel (-j N) tests
    • plotDensity: update to new binary format #47
  • libraries
    • boost 1.55 work around, see trac #9392 (nvcc #391854)

Misc:

  • new reference: SC13 paper, Gordon Bell Finals #106
  • new flavoured logo for alpha
  • Compile Suite: GitHub integration #33 #35
  • dropped CUDA sm_13 support (now sm_20+ is required) #42

Open Beta RC1

Date: 2013-09-05 07:47:03 -0700

This is the first release candidate, a pre-beta version. We tagged this state since we started to support sm_20+ only.

Changes to "Open Alpha"

n/a

Open Alpha

Date: 2013-08-14 02:25:36 -0700

That's our our open alpha release. The alpha release is developer and power user release only! Users should wait for our beta release!