v0.3.3

A release comprising of entirely of minor updates and bug fixes, in preparation for an upcoming RAPS release.

Minor updates and bug fixes

• CMake: Only search for OpenACC if the corresponding option is active by @reuterbal in #60
• Fix compilation without FIAT by @awnawab in #61
• Fix propagation of ACC link flags by @awnawab in #62
• Small field_delete improvement by @dareg in #63

New Contributors

• @reuterbal made their first contribution in #60

Full Changelog: v0.3.2...v0.3.3

v0.3.2

A minor point release, mainly comprising of a memory pool for host allocations.

Major updates

• A memory pool for host allocations was contributed by:
  • Host memory pool by @awnawab in #58

Minor updates and bug fixes

• CMake: Export OpenACC symbols via INTERFACE target linking by @mlange05 in #56
• Use fckit contributed fypp even in absence of FCKIT_VENV by @awnawab in #57

Full Changelog: v0.3.1...v0.3.2

v0.3.1

This release of FIELD API is declared as compatible with the H24 MS1 deliverable. It comprises of many small updates/bug fixes as well as a few significant new features.

Major updates

• Compatibility with arrays offloaded via raw OpenACC directives was added by:
  • Pull back data to legacy structures on device by @pmarguinaud in #49
• Improved logging and debugging capabilities added by:
  • Field statistics by @pmarguinaud in #34
  • Print CRC64 code each time a pointer is requested by @pmarguinaud in #42
• Support for offload of write-only fields was added by:
  • Add GET_DEVICE_DATA_WRONLY accessor by @awnawab in #50
• Greater flexibility in defining the shape for owned fields was added by:
  • Enable fields with a last lower bound different from 1 by @pmarguinaud in #35
• The functionality of the FIELD_ARRAY types was greatly enhanced by:
  • Add owner/resize ctors for Field API arrays by @pmarguinaud in #40
  • FIELD_ARRAY: safely handle 0-sized fields by @awnawab in #41
  • Add proper constructor for array owner by @pmarguinaud in #43
  • FIELD_ARRAY: add contiguous attribute to global pointer by @awnawab in #45
• Faster compilation and installation metadata were added by:
  • Make FIELD_2RB an alias of FIELD_2RD or FIELD_2RM by @pmarguinaud in #37
  • Various cmake fixes by @awnawab in #36
  • Faster compilation by @awnawab in #51

Minor updates and bug fixes

• Resize only when needed by @pmarguinaud in #38
• Add field accessors with optional field argument by @pmarguinaud in #39
• Fix compilation in absence of FIAT by @awnawab in #46
• Update buddy_alloc.h by @pmarguinaud in #48
• Control data synchronization of field wrappers when device data is created by @pmarguinaud in #47
• Fix test_legacy.F90 (single precision) by @pmarguinaud in #52

Full Changelog: v0.3.0...v0.3.1

v0.3.0

What's new

• A CUDA backend that significantly speeds up data transfers by enabling per-field pinning in page-locked memory as well as fast discontiguous copies using CUDAMEMCPY2D (#11, #13)
• FIELD_GANG functionality that allows for combined offload of packed storage of fields, thereby replacing many discontiguous copies with a single contiguous one (#16)
• Intel compilers, legacy and LLVM, are now included in the CI suite (#17)
• FIELD_API has now also been extended to 1D fields (#19, #27)

What's Changed

• CUDA backend by @awnawab in #11
• Add missing copyright headers by @awnawab in #18
• Field gang by @pmarguinaud in #16
• Restore POINTER attribute to COPY_DIM_CONTIGUOUS dummy args by @awnawab in #20
• Handle 1D arrays with Field API + add options to fieldType.py generator by @pmarguinaud in #19
• Improve noncontiguous data transfers by @lukasm91 in #13
• add continous integration with the last intel compilers by @dareg in #17
• Add an option to disable wrapper field synchronization on object destruction by @pmarguinaud in #21
• Small fixes to COPY_DATA by @awnawab in #22
• 0-size allocations for owned fields by @awnawab in #25
• Redistribute field data with a different NPROMA by @pmarguinaud in #23
• Generate utilities for 1D fields by @pmarguinaud in #27
• Disable empty generic interfaces by @pmarguinaud in #28
• Run with bound checking by @pmarguinaud in #29
• Optional dynamic linking by @awnawab in #30
• Bugfix: Correct size for non-CUDA device copies by @mlange05 in #31
• Add 1D fields to field_util_module.fypp by @pmarguinaud in #32

New Contributors

• @lukasm91 made their first contribution in #13

Full Changelog: v0.2.2...v0.3.0

Ready for cycle 49t2 & bound checking

Merge pull request #29 from pmarguinaud/bound-checking

Run with bound checking

Ready for cycle 49t2

Merge pull request #28 from pmarguinaud/noemptygeneric

Disable empty generic interfaces

v0.2.2

This minor point release adds field resizing capabilities, optional disabling of single/double precision builds and a unit-test to check for GPU presence.

What's Changed

• Add mf arch config files by @dareg in #5
• Field resize by @dareg in #6
• Fix copyright headers by @awnawab in #8
• Let the user disable sp or dp compilation by @dareg in #10
• Separate GPU specific tests by @awnawab in #9

New Contributors

• @dareg made their first contribution in #5

Full Changelog: v0.2.1...v0.2.2

v0.2.1

This minor point release brings in ECMWF build system compatibility via ecBuild and switches to a target-based CMake style wherever missing.

What's Changed

• Use ecBuild and other build system updates by @awnawab in #2

Full Changelog: v0.2.0...v0.2.1

v0.2.0

What's Changed

• Added ECMWF-compatible copyright headers and LICENSE file
• Merged most recent developments from ACCORD branch with
  • Minor changes
  • Crc64
  • Fix tests and gfortran compilation

New Contributors

• @awnawab made their first contribution in #1
• @mlange05 made their first contribution in #3

Full Changelog: v0.1.0...v0.2.0