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NORM Version History
Version 1.3b5
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- Changed ProtoSocket::GetInterfaceAddress() and related methods on Win32
to use different system APIs depending on Windows version.
- Fixed some details related to compilation with g++ 4.x.
- Various issues fixed thanks to input from Timothy Chaplin.
- Fixed some issues where attempt to resync rx stream after long
outages (at high data rates) called assertion failures
(Thanks to Charlie Davis for finding this one)
- Fixed problem where, on Win32, the sender GRTT estimate was not
being updated (in the downward direction) properly.
- Changes to Protolib & Norm to support build of shared libraries
(Thanks to Dave Talmage & Timothy Mann)
- Added "NormSetRxPortReuse()" API and code support to allow
(with care) multiple NORM instances on the same host.
- Fixes to NORM congestion control including:
1) measurement of "recv_rate" at low transmission rates
fixed (made sure measurement was over sufficient
interval at low rates including cc startup)
2) Re-instated code to reduce rate when feedback stopped
being received.
3) Changed to time-based aging of feedback to "deactivate"
stale congestion control feedback representative state
kept by sender.
4) Fixed mis-set of PLR flag as CLR flag and fixed bug
in updating CC node list upon CC feedback reception.
(Thanks to Praveen Gopala for prompting all of this)
- Fixes for Win32 large file support "in normFile.cpp"
(Thanks to Titze Stefan for this fix).
- Added "NormSetGrttMax()", "NormSetGrttProbingMode()",
and "NormSetGrttProbingInterval()" APIs to control
NORM GRTT measurement/estimation process.
(Thanks to Dave Lucas for prompting me here)
- Changed posting of NORM_TX_QUEUE_VACANCY for streams such
that new postings of this event are made, _only_ after a
successful call to NormStreamWrite() ... This results in
reduced posting of unnecessary vacancy events, but now the
onus is on the app to pay attention to this event, since
another of it's type won't be posted until the app calls
NormStreamWrite() with non-zero content length.
(Thanks to Charlie Davis for bringing this to my attention)
- Made sure messages from self are ignored unless loopback
is explicitly enabled (see NormSetLoopback()) even for
operating systems whose ProtoSocket::SetLoopback() doesn't
work properly.
Version 1.3b4
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- Added NormSetTxCacheBounds(), see NormDevGuide for details
- Fixed issue with NormStreamSeekMsgStart() that crept in
somehow (Thanks to Jody Hagins for finding it).
- Added code to check that NormFileEnqueue() argument is
actually a file and not a directory name (Thanks to
Charlie Shyr for finding this)
- Fixed NormSession::Open() so that IPv6 works
Version 1.3b3
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- Added NORM_TX_FLUSH_COMPLETE notification so the sender app
can make an educated guess as to when his receivers are
all happy.
- Added NORM API sample code in "examples" directory.
- Added NormObjectGetBytesPending() call for receivers to
use to monitor reception progress.
Version 1.3b2
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- Added "graceful" stream shutdown option to
NORM API via the NormStreamClose() call.
- Embedded FLAG_STREAM_END flag in "payload_reserved"
field of NORM_DATA messages. This is beyond
the current RFC 3940 spec for NORM, but probably
something to push for addition to the next revision
of the spec.
- Embedded equivalent FLAG_MSG_START in "payload_reserved"
field of NORM_DATA messages. This allows message
boundary recovery for streams upon FEC decoding.
Again, this is "beyond" the current NORM spec, but
probably a good idea (Other stream control functions
might use this field as well)
- Added Visual Studio .NET project files
Version 1.3b1
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- Prevented pile-up of TX_QUEUE_VACANCY notifications
- Fix/optimization to ProtoDispatcher threaded operation
to prevent possible (although minor) race condition
during threaded operation.
- Added NORM API calls: NormSetTxSocketBuffer(),
NormSetRxSocketBuffer(), NormSetUserData(),
NormGetUserData(), and implemented overlooked
NormGetDescriptor()
- Thanks again to Charlie Davis for finding some
performance deficiencies.
Version 1.2b9
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- Fixed bugs with NormServerNode::retrieval_pool mgmnt
(Thanks to Charlie Davis for tracking these down!!!)
- Changed ProtoDispatcher thread stuff so threads
(e.g. the NORM API thread) are only actively
signaled and interrupted when absolutely necessary
- Added support for NORM_TX_QUEUE_VACANCY notification
(for NORM_OBJECT_STREAM only at the moment)
Version 1.2b8
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- Fixed bug introduced during "alignment" changes
in previous release.
- Fixed Protolib WIN32 build issue
Version 1.2b7
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- Changed normMessage.[h|cpp] to fix alignment issues
(and other alignment stuff)
- Fixed bug in NormCmdCCMsg::Iterator::GetNextNode()
(might significantly help CC performance
- Fixed NormServerNode::FreeBuffers() bug which
could result in seg fault on remote server timeout
or at app shutdown
- Fixed bug where tx_sequence count was being
incremented for all transmitted messages (The "fix"
does not yet address separate increment of messages
sent to different addresses, etc). The bug impacted
congestion control performance when nodes acted as
sender _and_ receiver (caused receives to overestimate
packet loss)
Version 1.2b6
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- Added normApi.cpp into libNorm.a (Norm.lib (WIN32)) builds
- Fixed Solaris build (new protolib code)
- Included very rough user's guide for "norm" demo app
Version 1.2b5
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- Initial release with theoretically-working API
(including "Norm Developer's Guide!")
Version 1.2b4
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- Finally remembered to update this file!
- Added "help" command to "norm" demo app (Thanks Marinho Barcellos!)
- New rxbuffer mgmnt scheme to better use limited buffer space.
- Removed explicit rate limit on receiver feedback messages
- API more complete and established better API naming conventions
(documentation soon to follow, I promise!)
- There have been some "cc" tweaks and bug fixes.
- NORM RFC 3940 was released and this version is in compliance.
- Added optional positive acknowledgements for sender-defined
"watermarks".
- Fixed multicast leave problem when interfaceName was used for join
Version 1.1b9
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- There have been a number of bug fixes since 1.1b3. This release
fixes a bug in NormBlockBuffer::Remove() and
NormObjectBuffer::Remove(). (Thanks Thava!)
Version 1.1b3
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- Started keeping version history. This release includes
some bug fixes, smoother congestion control operation, etc
over some of the earlier releases.
Please address bug reports, suggestions etc to the email list:
mailto:norm-dev@pf.itd.nrl.navy.mil