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ChangeLog (IOMETER2 - 2006.07.27):
==================================

- Applied patches:
   - Patch by Ming Zhang to allow dynamo connect to iometer when iometer started
     with a specified non-default port.
   - Patch by Ming Zhang to fix recv() return value processing error in Peek();
   - Patch by Ming Zhang to allocate memory under Linux as 4KB aligned.
   - Patch by Keith Moyer to add a ramp/run time remaining notification to the 
     status bar during appropriate periods.
   - Patch by Ming Zhang to support optional display BigMeter when iometer starts.
   - Patch by Ming Zhang to allow iometer and dynamo use specified port.
   - Patch by Ming Zhang to fix 2 memory leaks in ICFOpenDialog and ICFSaveDialog
     class.
   - Patch by Ming Zhang to exclude the disk if can not detect the disk size
     information under Linux.
   - Patch by Fabian Tillier to fix DDK path.
   - Patch by Christensen ReedX K to update iomtr_kstat module with newer
     2.6.x kernel.
   - Patch by Christensen ReedX K to use O_DIRECT as default for Linux.
   - Patch by Ming Zhang to use sysconf for processor count.
   - Patch by Ming Zhang to use unify method for version string.
   - Patch by Saner Pool to filter invalid commas, new line, and cariage
     return in .csv output.
   - By Ganderson, initialize iocq structure member for all platform.
   - By Rick Altherr, fixed the Mac OSX compile.
   - By Ming Zhang, fixed the Windows compile broken by MacOS port.
   - #1239881 : iometer-2004.07.30-post.DS1.Rick002OsXPortTry2.patch by
     Rick Altherr (Patch that implements the Mac OS X / PPC port).
   - #1186329 : iometer-2004.07.30-post.DS1.Rick001AioCancelTry2.patch by
     Rick Altherr (Patch that fixes an Completion Queue issue and ensures
     that all AIO requests are canceled if the Grunt has finished a test).
   - #1186314 : iometer-2004.07.30-post.DS1.Ming017CharDevicesForRaw.patch
     by Ming Zhang (Patch that adds support for char devices to support
     raw devices).
   - #1186307 : iometer-2004.07.30-post.DS1.Ming016KStatErrorMessage.patch
     by Ming Zhang (Tiny patch that cleans up an error message that is
     related to the kstat module one can optionally use on Linux).
   - #1186304 : iometer-2004.07.30-post.DS1.Ming015DebugDefine.patch by
     Ming Zhang (Cleanup the _DEBUG define usage in the Makefiles).
   - #1186297 : iometer-2004.07.30-post.DS1.Ming014ExcludeSwapDevices.patch
     by Ming Zhang (Prevents swap devices from showing up under Linux).
   - #1184792 : iometer-2004.07.30-post.Daniel002CodeCleanup.patch by
     Daniel Scheibli (Collective patch that brings different minor
     cleanups to logic and coding style).
   - #1184764 : iometer-2004.07.30-post.Ming013BlkGetSize64.patch by
     Ming Zhang (Tiny patch that corrects the BLKGETSIZE64 prototype
     definition).
   - #1184759 : iometer-2004.07.30-post.Ming012CpuAffinitityOffByDefault.patch
     by Ming Zhang (Tiny patch that switches off the CPU affinity
     support by default).
   - #1184758 : iometer-2004.07.30-post.Ming011SolarisWarnings.patch
     by Ming Zhang (Small patch that gets rid of some compiler warnings
     on Solaris).
   - #1184741 : iometer-2004.07.30-post.Henry002Ia64LinuxAndDdkCleanup.patch
     by Henryx W. Tieman (Does some cleanup on the Windows/IA64 build
     using the DDK and brings basic support for a Linux/IA64 port).
   - #1184731 : iometer-2004.07.30-post.Ming010CpuAffinity.patch by
     Ming Zhang (adds CPU affinity support for Linux and Windows).
   - #1184707 : iometer-2004.07.30-post.Ming009SysLogSupport.patch by
     Ming Zhang (adds syslog support/reporting for Linux and Solaris).
   - #1184691 : iometer-2004.07.30-post.Ming008LoginWarning.patch by
     Ming Zhang (Minor patch that adds an additional warning during
     the login process).
   - #1088711 : iometer-2004.07.30-post.Andy001BugFixFor1088486.patch
     by Andy Currid (Implements a bug fix in regards to IO completions -
     see bug report #1088486).
   - #1184671 : iometer-2004.07.30-post.Ming006ParseParamStruct.patch
     by Ming Zhang (Patch that introduces the dynamo_param structure
     which contains the arguments given to the dynamo executable).
   - #1184668 : iometer-2004.07.30-post.Thayne001NetwareFollowUp.patch
     by Thayne Harmon (Significant patch applying some adjustments as
     well as adding support for network statistics).
   - #1184663 : iometer-2004.07.30-post.Ming005TargetDiskOverflow.patch
     by Ming Zhang (Patch applying the fix submitted by moozart@gmx.de
     which resolves a serious overflow in the IOTargetDisk.cpp file).
   - #1184661 : iometer-2004.07.30-post.Ming004AdjustPrintMessage.patch
     by Ming Zhang (Tiny patch that corrects a message printed).
   - #1184655 : iometer-2004.07.30-post.Ming003Gcc34Support.patch by
     Ming Zhang (Adds support for the gcc 3.4 compiler).   
   - iometer-2004.07.30-post.Ming002AbsolutePathForDevices.patch by
     Ming Zhang (Small patch that now reports the raw device names
     with leading RAW_DEVICE_DIR instead of the constant "/dev").
   - iometer-2004.07.30-post.Daniel001RemoveReportedAsLogical.patch
     by Daniel Scheibli (Minor cleanup that removes the no longer
     used Report_As_Logical() function).
   - em64t.patch by Henryx W. Tieman (Adds the x86_64 port for AMD
     Operton and Intel Xeon with EM64T running Linux or Windows).
   - iometer-2004.07.30-post.Ming001AnyBlockDevice.patch by Ming Zhang
     (adds command line arguments to the Linux and Solaris variant of
     Dynamo, to allow the user to specify block devices which are not
     detected by the automatic detection).
   - iometer-2003.12.16-post.DS3-netware.patch by Thayne Harmon (Fixes
     the detection of the volumens - for the NetWare port).
   - IOGrunt.patch by Lamont Cranston (Prevents a shifting queue for
     the transaction slots in IOGrunt and that way ensures that two
     runs of the same test are closer together).
   - invalid_spec.patch by Lamont Cranston (Allows the user to set any
     request sizes, sector allignment etc. - even if it doesn't match the
     storage devices block size. While in interactive mode, the user
     must confirm his will - in batch mode invalid specifications gets
     executed without requiring any kind of confirmation / force flag).
   - scross_spec_list.patch by Lamont Cranston (Ensures that the access
     specification list gets scrolled during the run - so the active
     access specification can always be seen).
   - linux_kstat_build_fix.patch by Lamont Cranston (Fixes a minor bug
     in the build of the linux_kstat version for Linux 2.4).
   - IOTargetDisk_cpp.patch by Lamont Cranston (Closes the files in
     getSizeOfPhysDisk() and getSectorSizeOfPhysDisk() under Linux
     and explain the use of the BLKBSZGET define.
   - disk_full.patch by Lamont Cranston (fixes handling of the disk full
     condition when preparing logical drives).
   - iometer2.Lamont001ConstructorCleanup.patch by Daniel Scheibli
     (bundles the changes contributed by Lamont Cranston - it introduces
     the new IOManagerWin.cpp file).
- Cleanup:
   - Use snprintf instead of sprinf to reduce the risk of buffer overrun.
   - Cleanup the use of _DEBUG and _DETAILS.
   - Renamed Dynamo and Iometer subdirectories to solve the name conflict
     under case insensitive file system.
   - Adjusted some variable types to fit 64bit OS and compiler.
   - Recovered all corrupted binary files.
   - Added new VS project management file for VS.net.
   - Various cleanup to remove compile warning with new version GCC.
   - Removed wrongly included IOManageSolario.o from Makefile-Linux.ppc.
   - Indent all source code to have better code style.
   - Renamed Makefile-Solaris.Sparc into Makefile-Solaris.sparc
   - Modified an #ifdef in IOPerformanceLinux.cpp to make it work for
     the XScale processor as well.
   - Addded the IOManagerWin.cpp file to the Iometer.dsp project file
     to make Dynamo build with MS VC++.
   - Added a check for null pointers in case a Manager could not be
     added to his list in Galileo[App|Globals].cpp
   - Corrected the macro definition for BLKGETSIZE64 in IOCommon.h
- Documentation:
   - Added further stuff to the Coding Style section of the DEVGUIDE.
   - Added the initial drop of the DocBook sources of the first part of
     the Iometer Users Guide (converted from OpenOffice - by James Rogers).
- Others:
   - Added a perl script to draw simple graph like what Wizard.mdb does, a
     free alternative solution.
   - Changed the "Help About..." button of the Iometer Wizard to reflect
     the current status (Open Source,...) of Iometer.
   - Converted the Iometer Wizard to the file format of the 2000 version
     of MS Access and fixed the (Excel) version check of the Graph Wizard
     part (as suggested by Joseph R Gruher).
   - Modified the About dialog to point to the Intel Open Source License
     only.



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ChangeLog (IOMETER1 - basis for 2004.07.30):
============================================

- Applied patches:
   - iometer-2003.12.16-post.DS2.DanielGlobalAccessSpecs.patch by
     Daniel Scheibli (adds a set of sample Global Access Specifications).
   - iometer-netware.patch by Thayne Harmon (modifies the usage output
     to reflect volume exclusion, adoped Makefile to use Code Warrier 8).
   - iometer-2003.12.16-post.DS2.DanielIcfVersionStringWithDash.patch
     by Daniel Scheibli (Enables support for trailing dashes in the
     version string of loaded ICF file).
   - iometer-2003.12.16-post.DS2.DanielEnforceParameters.patch by
     Daniel Scheibli (enforces usage of parameter -m when -i was
     specified).
   - iometer-netware.patch by Thayne Harmon (adds two minor changes
     to the code and Makefile for the Netware/IA32 port).
   - iometer-2003.12.16-post.DS2.patch by Thayne Harmon (adds some more
     changes and functionality for the Netware/IA32 port).
   - iometer.ppc.patch by Dan Bar Dov (adds support for Dynamo to run
     on Linux / PowerPC).
   - netware_cpp.patch by Thayne Harmon (adds a part of the Netware
     support - actually it adds the code file changes).
   - netware_h.patch by Thayne Harmon (adds a part of the Netware
     support - actually it adds the header file changes).
   - netwareonly_cpp.patch by Thayne Harmon (adds a part of the
     Netware support - actually it adds new Netware specific files).
   - iometer-121603ds2-iomtrkstat-xscale.patch by Ming Zhang (adds
     Linux on XScale support for Intel IQ80321 and IQ80331 to the
     iomtr_kstat module).
   - iometer-121603ds2-xscale.patch by Ming Zhang (adds Linux on 
     XScale support for Intel IQ80321 and IQ80331).
   - iometer-121603-ds2-report_tcp.patch by Ming Zhang (rewrite of the
     Report_TCP() function for Linux - more robust when the hostname is
     not setup properly).
   - iometer-1216ds2-getnicounter.patch by Ming Zhang (bugfix for
     reading the /proc/net/dev file under Linux).     
   - iometer-2003.12.16-post.DS1-SolarisMultipleSwapDevices.patch
     by Daniel Scheibli (rework of the Get_All_Swap_Devices()
     function for Solaris - fixing a few minor inconsistencies).
   - iometer-2003.12.16-post.DS1-AlwaysSendCompletionQueue.patch
     by Daniel Scheibli (implements the code changes suggested by 
     Dough Haigh to solve the performance drop in network tests on
     Solaris - see bug report #881675).
   - iometer-1216.post.ds1.kstat-patch by Ming Zhang (major collective 
     patch which
     a.) introduces the iomtr_kstat kernel module for Linux 
     b.) adds support for parsing the Linux 2.4 and 2.6 style
         /proc/stat file - as suggested by Dmitry Yusupov
     c.) increases the block size detection for Linux as
         suggested by Dimtry Yusupov
     d.) enables TCP statistics for Linux
     e.) adds first suoport for the XScale processor)
   - iometer-2003.12.16-IoMtrGlobalDefines5.patch by Daniel Scheibli
     (introduces the IOMTR_SETTING_* global defines to include additional
     code like the VI stuff).
   - iometer-2003.12.16-SwitchesNowRequired.patch by Daniel Scheibli
     (code cleanup of the dynamo parameter handling; switches are no
     longer option but required now)
- Cleanup:
   - Corrected the CPU speed detection output as it was proposed
     Kenneth Morse (rounding issue).
   - Changed the "truly batch oriented" patch behaviour (basically rolled
     back the changes due to the bug report of Kris Strecker).
   - Removed an old left over _DETAIL define depended code (for debugging)
     in IOGrunt.cpp.
- Documentation:
   - Added first comments about porting the Dynamo part to the Developers
     Guide.
   - Added first comments about the coding style to the Developers Guide.
- Others:
   - Changed "manager_network_name" to "manager_computer_name" in the
     usage of Dynamo to reflect the value questioned here (as suggested
     by Tony Renna).
   - Modified the Iometer icon to use the new black one instead of the
     old color lightning/spectrum thing.
   - Added an installer for Iometer on Windows (based on the Nullsoft
     Scriptable Install System - NSIS).
   - Changed the Registry Key for the Windows GUI to "iometer.org".
   - Modified the About dialog to reflect the Open Source status of Iometer.
   - Changed the license of the iomtr_kstat module to the GPL.
   - Added md5sum's for each package to the project homepage.
   - Extended the build environment with capabilities to handle Java.



ChangeLog (IOMETER1 - 2003.12.16):
==================================

- Applied patches:
   - iometer-2003.05.10-IoMtrGlobalDefines4.patch by Daniel Scheibli
     (Last of the IOMTR_* global defines patches)
   - iometer_large_work_file.patch.txt by Russell Redd (fixes the GUI 
     to ensure that "Maximum Disk Size" values are handled propably)
   - iometer-2003.05.10-IoMtrGlobalDefines3.patch by Daniel Scheibli
     (introduces the IOMTR_* global defines to consolidate the different
     global defines coming with the different platforms - ease future
     ports).
   - iometer-2003.05.10-Win64OnAmd64.patch by Daniel Scheibli (Integrates
     the changes contributed by Vedran Degoricija to ensure, that the
     executables can be build for Windows 64 Bit on AMD64).
   - Patch provided by Robert H Creecy to fix the segmentation fault which
     happened when running on Solaris while having multiple swap devices
     configured.
   - Patch provided by Sander Pool to get the Iometer "truly batch
     oriented".
   - iometer-2003.05.10-UsingDdkAndWin64.patch by Daniel Scheibli
     (Integrates the changes contributed by Vedran Degoricija to
     ensure, that the executables can be build using the MS DDK
     on i386 and IA64 as well).
   - iometer-2003.05.10-IoMtrGlobalDefines2.patch by Daniel Scheibli
     (introduces the IOMTR_* global defines to consolidate the different
     global defines coming with the different platforms - ease future
     ports).
   - iometer-2003.05.10-IsBigEndianFunction.patch by Daniel Scheibli
     (Does endian type detection for CPU during runtime. This function
     replaces the [BIG|LITTLE]_ENDIAN_ARCH global defines).
   - iometer-2003.05.10-Solaris9onI386.patch by Daniel Scheibli
     (Assimilates the patch submitted by Robert Jones to build with
     Solaris 9 on x86 (i386)).
   - iometer-2003.05.10-IoTimeConsolidation.patch by Daniel Scheibli
     (Cleanup for the IOTime.* files - getting rid of IOTime.h also).
   - iometer-2003.05.10-IoMtrGlobalDefines1.patch by Daniel Scheibli
     (introduces the IOMTR_* global defines to consolidate the different
     global defines coming with the different platforms - ease future
     ports).
- Cleanup:
   - Modified the EULA (End User License Agreement) to reflect the
     Open Source status.
- Documentation:
   - Moved to Open Office as the official editing tool for the 
     documentation (especially for the Iometer User's Guide).
   - Added a remark into the .../README file (containing additions for
     running Dynamo on a Linux machine with NTPL support).
- Others:
   - Added the source and makefile provided by Vedran Degoricija to get
     the Iometer and Dynamo executable build using the Microsoft Driver
     Development Kit (DDK).



ChangeLog (IOMETER1 - 2003.05.10):
==================================

- Applied patches:
  - iometer-2003.02.15-ResultEndTimeHighRes.patch by Daniel Scheibli
    (modifies the result file output to contain the milliseconds as well).
  - iometer-2003.05.04-CIOB5.patch by Matt Robinson (modifies the mechanisms
    for read and writes in IOMeter so that different buffers are used each
    time to avoid cache line collisions and performance lock-ups with some
    chipsets).
  - iometer-2003.02.15-ResultEndTime.patch by Daniel Scheibli (modifies the
    result file output to append the current timestamp after each block of
    results).
  - iometer-2003.02.15-HandleDummy0.patch by Daniel Scheibli (modifies the
    Get_NI_Counter function to handle interfaces without leading blanks
    (like dummy0) as well).
  - iometer-2003.02.15-NoPipe.patch by Daniel Scheibli (removes the Windows
    Pipes support for communication which simplifies the code).
  - iometer-2003.02.15_Get_NI_Counter.patch by Joe Eiler (brings the
    handling for network interfaces that does not contain statistics in
    /proc/net/dev - as for example with Intel Link Aggreation).    
  - iometer-2003.02.15_Exclude_Filesys.patch by Joe Eiler (additional
    command line parameter for Dynamo to pass into file systems which
    should be hidden).
  - iometer-2003.02.15_Extra_Processor_Info.patch by Joe Eiler (brings new
    processor speed values as well as improvements for the GHz CPU detection).
- Cleanup:
   - Updated the handling of the global debug flag (_DEBUG) in the source
     files (check for platform etc.).
   - Changed LINUX_DEBUG and NDEBUG to _DEBUG which is the generic define
     used for this effort.
   - Dropped different unneeded defines in IOVersion.h
   - Dropped clean_ctlm.c, because we can use the recode tool instead.
   - Merged rdtsc.c into IOTime.cpp
   - Cleaned up some compiler warnings on Solaris
   - Changes NO_LINUX_VI to NO_DYNAMO_VI so Solaris build can use it also
   - Dropped the IOCq.cpp file, because it was empty.
- Documentation:
   - Rewrite of the .../README file (containing additions for the Iometer
     User's Guide as well as text for a future Developers Guide).
- Others:
   - Improved error messages for better support in IOPortTCP.cpp (due to
     the recurrent support requests).
   - Made some minor changes to get Iometer to compile with VC++ 7 (.NET)
     Note: No MSVC++ project files have been checked in, you will have to let
           VC++ convert the project for you.  This worked for fine for me.
   - Added the Wizard.mdb file from the old days (version 1999.10.20).
   - rewrote the Solaris Makefile to match the Linux stuff
   - Added the output of the major and minor number during the detection of
     the sector size (of physical disks).



ChangeLog (IOMETER1 - 2003.02.15):
==================================

- Applied patches:
   - iometer.patch by Matt D. Robinson (ensures, that there is an allocated
     buffer for each worker thread - needed for large amounts of I/O through
     ServerWorks chipsets).
- Bugfixes:
   - Different changes to get Dynamo compiled with gcc 3.2 - in the past there
     was some problem known as cout << hex error (include <sstream> instead of
     include <strstream.h> etc).
   - Modified the sector size detection for physical disks under Linux in that
     way, that major and minor number are recognised (was the major number
     only).
   - Added CPU time in user mode with low priority (nice) to the user mode
     utilization as well as the total CPU utilization.
- Cleanup:
   - Dropped the IOMessage.cpp and IOTest.cpp file, because they are empty.
- Others:
   - Under Linux, NFS devices are now supported by default (in older versions
     they was excluded per default).



ChangeLog (IOMETER1 - 2003.02.08):
==================================

- Applied patches:
   - iometer-initial-datatypes.patch
   - iometer-initial-largefile.patch (allows >2GB files under Linux)
   - proc-speed-fix.txt (addresses the 2 GHz CPU issue)
   - Created Iometer.dsw, Iometer.dsp and Dynamo.dsp by merging the files
     contributed earlier by Matt D. Robinson and Jeffery Bahr (allows to
     compile Iometer and Dynamo under Windows).
- Bugfixes:
   - Added support for the CPU utilization and Interrupts statistic on Linux
- Cleanup:
   - Different changes to Makefile-Linux
- New functionality:
   - Addition parameter for Dynamo (optional), to pass the network name Iometer
     should use to communicate with Dynamo. That way it is possible to run the
     communication over the second NIC for example.
- Others:
   - Added the .../src/res tree as well as the .../Docs tree as found in the
     CVS tree at Sourceforge.
   - Started a Todo list with issues needed to be addressed for the code
     cleanup. The file is named .../TODO.
   - Started a modest documentation of the source structure which can be found
     in .../README.