From 6986ca18f834583f52c987b162e2aacf4efe384c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mathieu Lacage Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:40:38 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add wifi features to release notes --- RELEASE_NOTES | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES index fc7ace2cf..40196af8e 100644 --- a/RELEASE_NOTES +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES @@ -8,9 +8,59 @@ http://www.nsnam.org including tutorials: http://www.nsnam.org/tutorials.html -Release 3.3 (pending) +Release 3.4 (pending) ===================== +Availability +------------ +This release is immediately available from: +http://www.nsnam.org/releases/ns-3.4.tar.bz2 + +Supported platforms +------------------- +ns-3.2 has been tested on the following platforms: + - linux x86 gcc 4.2, 4.1, and, 3.4.6. + - linux x86_64 gcc 4.3.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.1, 4.1.3, 3.4.6 + - MacOS X ppc and x86 + - cygwin gcc 3.4.4 (debug only) + +Not all ns-3 options are available on all platforms; consult the +wiki for more information: +http://www.nsnam.org/wiki/index.php/Installation + +New user-visible features +------------------------- + a) Wifi models: Timo Bingman contributed a ThreeLogDistance and a Nakagami + propagation loss model based on the ns-2 models. Fabian Mauchle contributed + multicast support. + + +API changes from ns-3.3 +----------------------- +API changes for this release are documented in the file CHANGES.html + +Known issues +------------ +ns-3 build is known to fail on the following platforms: + - gcc 3.3 and earlier + - optimized builds on gcc 3.4.4 and 3.4.5 + - optimized builds on linux x86 gcc 4.0.x + - optimized builds on Ubuntu 8.10 alpha 5 x86 gcc4.3.2 + - MinGW + +The IPv4 API defined in src/node/ipv4.h is expected to undergo major changes +in preparation of the merge of the IPv6 API and implementation. + +Future releases +--------------- +Our next release, which is expected to happen in 2 to 4 months from now, will +feature the merging of some of our projects currently in development including +fuller IPv6 support, and IPv4 and routing protocol refactoring, and some smaller +features such as an object naming facility and a new Global ARP package. + +Release 3.3 +=========== + Availability ------------ This release is immediately available from: