[DynInst_API:] Release of MRNET 5.0 (includes ARM64/Linux support


Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 10:21:53 -0500
From: Barton Miller <bart@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [DynInst_API:] Release of MRNET 5.0 (includes ARM64/Linux support
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*      Release 5.0 of the MRNet Multicast/Reduction Network         *
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The new 5.0 release of MRNet is now available. This release of MRNet
includes a source distribution for Unix/Linux and Windows platforms,
plus pre-built binaries for Windows. The release also includes
associated manuals.

Improvements made to MRNet since version 4.1 have been incorporated into
version 5.0.

MRNet is a customizable, high-performance software infrastructure for
building scalable tools and applications.  It supports efficient
multicast and data aggregation functionality using a tree of processes
between the tool's front-end and back-ends.  MRNet-based tools may use
these internal processes to distribute many important tool activities,
for example to reduce data analysis time and keep tool front-end loads
manageable.

More information about MRNet, including downloads for binary and
source, can be found at:
    http://www.paradyn.org/mrnet

Technical papers about MRNet can be found in the 'Middleware' section at:
http://www.paradyn.org/html/publications-by-category.html

The new features and fixes include:

    * Support added for ARM64 Linux Platform.
    * Extended RSH argument parsing to support conventional RSH/SSH
      argument styles.
    * Experimental support for the the lightweight infrastructure-
      bootstrapping infrastructure (LIBI).
    * Behavior of MRNet's load filter function corrected to return the number
      of filters successfully loaded on all nodes.
    * Fixed issues with port number selection causing MRNet to crash.
    * Numerous additional bug related fixes.

MRNet is designed to be a highly-portable system. The source code has
been compiled using both GNU GCC and native platform compilers. We
have successfully tested MRNet components on the following platforms:
 - Linux        : x86, x86_64, powerpc64, Cray XT, ARM64
 - Windows      : x86
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