Remove mingw from list of supported platforms
authorCraig Dowell <craigdo@ee.washington.edu>
Wed Nov 04 20:28:31 2009 -0800 (3 months ago)
changeset 5525aaad42033f2b
parent 5524 c409fe8019c9
child 5526 f410b023d472
Remove mingw from list of supported platforms
RELEASE_NOTES
     1.1 --- a/RELEASE_NOTES	Wed Nov 04 22:08:21 2009 +0100
     1.2 +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES	Wed Nov 04 20:28:31 2009 -0800
     1.3 @@ -4,84 +4,9 @@
     1.4  This file contains ns-3 release notes (most recent releases first).
     1.5  
     1.6  All of the ns-3 documentation is accessible from the ns-3 website: 
     1.7 -http://www.nsnam.org including tutorials: http://www.nsnam.org/tutorials.html
     1.8 -
     1.9 -Release 3.6
    1.10 -===========
    1.11 -
    1.12 -Availability
    1.13 -------------
    1.14 -This release is immediately available from:
    1.15 -http://www.nsnam.org/releases/ns-allinone-3.6.tar.bz2
    1.16 -
    1.17 -Supported platforms
    1.18 --------------------
    1.19 -ns-3.6 has been tested on the following platforms:
    1.20 -  - linux x86 gcc 4.4.1, 4.2, 4.1, and, 3.4.6.
    1.21 -  - linux x86_64 gcc 4.4.0, 4.3.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.1, 4.1.3, 3.4.6
    1.22 -  - MacOS X ppc and x86 (gcc 4.0.x and 4.2.x)
    1.23 -  - cygwin gcc 3.4.4 (debug only), gcc 4.3.2 (debug and optimized)
    1.24 -  - mingw gcc 3.4.5 (debug only)
    1.25 -
    1.26 -Not all ns-3 options are available on all platforms; consult the
    1.27 -wiki for more information:
    1.28 -http://www.nsnam.org/wiki/index.php/Installation
    1.29 -
    1.30 -New user-visible features
    1.31 --------------------------
    1.32 -
    1.33 -  a) 802.11 models:
    1.34 -     - Add an implementation of the minstrel rate control algorithm 
    1.35 -       (Duy Nguyen for gsoc)
    1.36 -     - AthstatsHelper: enables the wifi device to produce periodic 
    1.37 -       reports similar to the ones generated by madwifi's
    1.38 -       athstats tool (Nicola Baldo)
    1.39 -     - 10MHz and 5MHz channel width supported by 802.11a model 
    1.40 -       (Ramon Bauza and Kirill Andreev)
    1.41 -     - Channel switching support. YansWifiPhy can now switch among 
    1.42 -       different channels (Ramon Bauza and Pavel Boyko)
    1.43 -  
    1.44 -  b) IPv6 models:
    1.45 -    - IPv6 interface;
    1.46 -    - IPv6 layer;
    1.47 -    - IPv6 raw socket;
    1.48 -    - Static IPv6 routing;
    1.49 -    - ICMPv6 layer;
    1.50 -    - Some ICMPv6 error messages (destination unreachable, ...);
    1.51 -    - Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NS/NA, RS/RA, redirection);
    1.52 -    - Ping6 application (send Echo request);
    1.53 -    - Radvd application (send RA);
    1.54 -    - Examples (ping6, simple-routing-ping6, radvd, radvd-two-prefix,
    1.55 -      icmpv6-redirect).
    1.56 -
    1.57 -  c) Wireless Mesh Networking models:
    1.58 -    - General multi-interface mesh stack infrastructure (devices/mesh module).
    1.59 -    - IEEE 802.11s (Draft 3.0) model including Peering Management Protocol and HWMP.
    1.60 -    - Forwarding Layer for Meshing (FLAME) protocol.
    1.61 -
    1.62 -  d) Nix-vector routing:  
    1.63 -    - Ipv4NixVectorHelper
    1.64 -    - Examples (nix-simple, nms-p2p-nix)
    1.65 -
    1.66 -  e) New Test Framework
    1.67 -    - Use test.py instead of ./waf check or ./waf --regression
    1.68 -    - Previous unit tests have been ported to new framework.
    1.69 -    - Examples are tested for run-ability.
    1.70 -
    1.71 -  f) A new Flow Monitor module
    1.72 -   - To very easily measure flow metrics in a simulation
    1.73 -   - No need to use trace callbacks or parsing trace files
    1.74 -
    1.75 -API changes from ns-3.5
    1.76 ------------------------
    1.77 -API changes for this release are documented in the file CHANGES.html. 
    1.78 -
    1.79 -Known issues
    1.80 -------------
    1.81 -ns-3 build is known to fail on the following platforms:
    1.82 -  - gcc 3.3 and earlier
    1.83 -  - optimized builds on gcc 3.4.4 and 3.4.5
    1.84 -  - optimized builds on linux x86 gcc 4.0.x
    1.85 +http://www.nsnam.org
    1.86 +including tutorials:
    1.87 +http://www.nsnam.org/tutorials.html
    1.88  
    1.89  Release 3.5
    1.90  ===========
    1.91 @@ -89,16 +14,15 @@
    1.92  Availability
    1.93  ------------
    1.94  This release is immediately available from:
    1.95 -http://www.nsnam.org/releases/ns-allinone-3.5.tar.bz2
    1.96 +http://www.nsnam.org/releases/ns-3.5.tar.bz2
    1.97  
    1.98  Supported platforms
    1.99  -------------------
   1.100 -ns-3.5 has been tested on the following platforms:
   1.101 +ns-3.4 has been tested on the following platforms:
   1.102    - linux x86 gcc 4.2, 4.1, and, 3.4.6.
   1.103    - linux x86_64 gcc 4.4.0, 4.3.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.1, 4.1.3, 3.4.6
   1.104    - MacOS X ppc and x86 (gcc 4.0.x and 4.2.x)
   1.105    - cygwin gcc 3.4.4 (debug only), gcc 4.3.2 (debug and optimized)
   1.106 -  - mingw gcc 3.4.5 (debug only)
   1.107  
   1.108  Not all ns-3 options are available on all platforms; consult the
   1.109  wiki for more information:
   1.110 @@ -139,8 +63,8 @@
   1.111  ---------------
   1.112  Our next release, which is expected to happen in 2 to 4 months from now, will
   1.113  feature the merging of some of our projects currently in development including
   1.114 -fuller IPv6 support, some smaller features such as a new Global ARP 
   1.115 -package, and possibly a new Testing and Validation suite.
   1.116 +fuller IPv6 support, and some smaller features such as a new Global ARP package 
   1.117 +and possibly a new Testing and Validation suite.
   1.118  
   1.119  Release 3.4
   1.120  ===========
   1.121 @@ -148,7 +72,7 @@
   1.122  Availability
   1.123  ------------
   1.124  This release is immediately available from:
   1.125 -http://www.nsnam.org/releases/ns-allinone-3.4.tar.bz2
   1.126 +http://www.nsnam.org/releases/ns-3.4.tar.bz2
   1.127  
   1.128  Supported platforms
   1.129  -------------------