Start of a list of changes from version to version:


Linux Kernel AF_MYRI socket protocol family
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(please also look at the CHANGES file in the release)


New since 1.7
 - channel bonding
 - various tests on 3rd party packages incl. iscsi, mpich2, etc
 - ia64
 - Linux 2.6.8 or higher 
 - scatter / gather ops
 - support for MSG_WAITALL
 - MSG_PEEK, O_NONBLOCKING, ...

New since 1.2.1
 - allow for non AF_MYRI IP addresses like 127.0.0.1 or eth1 etc

New since 1.2.0
 - fix a socket state bug

New since 1.1

 - fix a problem with bind
 - prevent a race for the internal socket list
 - fix buffer handling  for control / data port
 - avoid spinning on control port
 - fix on zero copy messages








User Level Sockets-GM for Linux, Solaris, Windows
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(please also look at the CHANGES file in the release)

Sockets-GM 1.2

 - unified udp/tcp data structures.
 - removes any libstdc++ code
 - rewrites TCP / UDP message handling
 - gives 3 choices for a shared library, static library
   uses dlsym for the linkable library to avoid confusion
   on newer libc version / malloc conflicts.
 - uses new ptmalloc2 hooks
 - AMD 86-64 testing
 - adds support for UIO , if set in Makefile.in
 - requires Vers x.y.any compatibility. eg. 1.2.x Linux will not interoperate
   with 1.1.x on Windows, 1.2.4 on Linux will work with 1.2.1 on Windows
 - signal on sockets
  
Sockets-GM 1.1.9 adds/fixes:
 - ia64 support
 - errno handling

Sockets-GM 1.1.8 adds/fixes:
 - blocking receives
 - thread support on sockets calls

Sockets-GM 1.1.7 adds/fixes:
 - fork 

Sockets-GM 1.1.6 adds/fixes:
 - matching sizes for directed send/recvs
 - provides library without hooks 
 - allows for interoperability with MPICH-GM
 - allows to specify a port without Sockets-GM Control
 
Sockets-GM 1.1.5 adds/fixes:

 - catching of malloc/ free when zero copy
   is enabled and secures the operation of
   registered pages (bsdmalloc, mallocaux files are added)
   (as of 1.1.5+1, no ar xv on libc for brk and sbrk are performed)

 - support for connect() on UDP sockets
 - NULL ptr handling for accept/ recvfrom
 - updated getgmsock_ptr functions

Winsock Direct for Windows
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 Version 1.0
  - initial full release
  - support for Windows 2003 Server
  - support for Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  - automatic exploration of hosts under Winsock Direct
  - support for ia32/IA64/x86_64