RELEASE_NOTES
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     6 All of the ns-3 documentation is accessible from the ns-3 website: 
     6 All of the ns-3 documentation is accessible from the ns-3 website: 
     7 http://www.nsnam.org
     7 http://www.nsnam.org
     8 including tutorials:
     8 including tutorials:
     9 http://www.nsnam.org/tutorials.html
     9 http://www.nsnam.org/tutorials.html
    10 
    10 
    11 Release 3.2 (pending)
    11 Release 3.3 (pending)
    12 =====================
    12 =====================
       
    13 
       
    14 Availability
       
    15 ------------
       
    16 This release is immediately available from:
       
    17 http://www.nsnam.org/releases/ns-3.3.tar.bz2
       
    18 
       
    19 Supported platforms
       
    20 -------------------
       
    21 ns-3.2 has been tested on the following platforms:
       
    22   - linux x86 gcc 4.2, 4.1, and, 3.4.6.
       
    23   - linux x86_64 gcc 4.3.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.1, 4.1.3, 3.4.6
       
    24   - MacOS X ppc and x86
       
    25   - cygwin gcc 3.4.4 (debug only)
       
    26 
       
    27 Not all ns-3 options are available on all platforms; consult the
       
    28 wiki for more information:
       
    29 http://www.nsnam.org/wiki/index.php/Installation
       
    30 
       
    31 New user-visible features
       
    32 -------------------------
       
    33   a) Emulated Net Device
       
    34      A new net device has been added as enabling technology for ns-3 emulation
       
    35      scenarios.  See src/devices/emu and examples/emu-udp-echo.cc for details.
       
    36 
       
    37   b) ICMP Support
       
    38      Support for several ICMP messages has been added to ns-3.  See 
       
    39      src/internet-stack/icmpv4.h for details.
       
    40 
       
    41   c) IPv6 Address Support
       
    42      New clases to support IPv6 addresses has been added to the system.  This
       
    43      is enabling technology for fuller IPv6 support scheduled for ns-3.4.
       
    44 
       
    45 API changes from ns-3.2
       
    46 -----------------------
       
    47 API changes for this release are documented in the file CHANGES.html
       
    48 
       
    49 Known issues
       
    50 ------------
       
    51 ns-3 build is known to fail on the following platforms:
       
    52   - gcc 3.3 and earlier
       
    53   - optimized builds on gcc 3.4.4 and 3.4.5
       
    54   - optimized builds on linux x86 gcc 4.0.x
       
    55   - optimized builds on Ubuntu 8.10 alpha 5 x86 gcc4.3.2
       
    56   - MinGW
       
    57 
       
    58 The IPv4 API defined in src/node/ipv4.h is expected to undergo major changes 
       
    59 in preparation of the merge of the IPv6 API and implementation.
       
    60 
       
    61 Future releases
       
    62 ---------------
       
    63 Our next release, which is expected to happen in 2 to 4 months from now, will
       
    64 feature the merging of some of our projects currently in development including
       
    65 fuller IPv6 support, and IPv4 and routing protocol refactoring, and some smaller
       
    66 features such as an object naming facility and a new Global ARP package.
       
    67 
       
    68 Release 3.2
       
    69 ===========
    13 
    70 
    14 Availability
    71 Availability
    15 ------------
    72 ------------
    16 This release is immediately available from:
    73 This release is immediately available from:
    17 http://www.nsnam.org/releases/ns-3.2.tar.bz2
    74 http://www.nsnam.org/releases/ns-3.2.tar.bz2