Virtualbox Folding ChangeLog
1.4.1
+ Added verbosity levels 1-9 to web interface for SMP and Uni clients
+ Added JSON stat page and download psummary script to support stat page
1.4.0 -
+ Added USER export to rc.M file to allow for startup of Langouste on boot
+ Fixed misc minor bugs in init and other scripts
+ Web
- Changed Ramdisk option to use tmpfs only
- Added backup/restore back in
- Add the option to select packet size for uni-processor clients
- Updated help section
+ Updated fahcontrol to support starting and stopping of both SMP and uni-processor clients
+ Added check to fahcontrol, fahbackup, and shutdown script for the timestamp of the ckp file before shutting down the client or
before backing up data
+ Added ntpdate update to sync time on bootup if NTP service is disabled
+ Updated to kernel 3.0.0
+ Added Virtualbox Extensions 4.1.0
1.3.0 -
* Updated rc script to downlod client v6.34 for Core A5 support
* Updated shutdown scripts to check for FahCore_a5.exe
* Update kernel to 2.6.37
+ Added additional kernels built for Sandy Bridge (AVX), Core i7, Core 2, and AMD Barcelona using GCC 4.6
* Updated to glibc 2.13 32-bit and 64-bit
* Updated tear's Langouste to 0.15.6
* Removed wine support
* Other misc script and web page updates
1.2.0 -
* Upgraded to kernel 2.6.36
* Added IA32 and Wine support for bigadv support via Linux using the Windows client
- Checking the bigadv option will use Wine and the Windows folding client otherwise the Linux folding client is used
* Added support for running one or more uni-processor clients
- Can be run simultaneously with the SMP client
- Can be enabled via the web
* Added vbox-additions 3.2.10
1.1 -
* Kernel
+ Updated to kernel 2.6.34
* System update
+ Made some minor updates to several scripts
+ Setup a cronjob to run a hwclock sync every 15-minutes for reported clock drift issues
1.0 -
* Folding client
+ Added Linux folding client version 6.29
* Kernel
+ Set timer frequency to 250 Hz with tickless disabled (set divider=2 in /etc/lilo.conf to help with clock drift)
+ Upgraded to 2.6.33-rc4. Folding performance has been better and more stable via 2.6.33 compared to 2.6.32 from what I have seen so far.
+ Added cgroup / cpuset support. Set cpuset to mount to /dev/cpuset on boot. This feature can be used to assign tasks to sets of CPUs and memory nodes.
+ Added SATA AHCI support making it possible to use VBox SATA controller instead of IDE controller
* System update
+ Added mingetty for auto-login
+ Setup autofah account for auto-login via tty1 and tty2 | tty3-6 require login
+ Further init scripts tweaking for faster boot
+ Changed IDE sub-system to SATA for faster boot
+ Changed HTTP service to start less servers for less memory consumption
+ Updated fahbackup script to backup to /var/fah instead of /usr/local/fah to reduce copy time when Langouste copies the folding directory to /tmp for upload
+ Made a new and simpler rc.inet script which is also compatible with web interface for DHCP/Static IP options
+ Changed 60-second for folding shutdown to 120-seconds
+ Updated fahbackup to keep a maximum history of five backups
+ Updated some packages to the latest stable version: glibc (2.11.1), e2fsprogs (1.41.9), xfsprogs (3.0.3), coreutils (8.3),
dbus (1.2.16), and xz (4.999.9beta)
+ Change default display mode from VESA to VGA to help with console performance (framebuffer still available via manual config - vga=ask)
* Web configuration
+ Added NTPD option
+ Added extra Ramdisk options to specify size and to enable tmpfs as an alternative to a RAM block device with EXT2
+ Added OneUnit option for running a single work unit and then exiting fah6
+ Made Langouste and Ramdisk checkboxes available always
+ Changed success.php page for cleaner look and added links to log files for ease of access
+ Added verbosity option which enables verbosity 9 for fah6
+ Added option for restore on boot which will create a backup before system shutdown and then restore that backup on boot (always enabled with Ramdisk)
+ Added static IP option
+ Added reboot option for submit
+ Added option for MPICH_NO_LOCAL for dual-core processors
+ Added web administration page
+ Updated web administration page with a small Ajax enabled log viewer used for tailing the control log file
+ Added option for advmethods
+ Added help option to configure page
+ Fixed issue where MPICH_NO_LOCAL was not being set properly. Set environment variable to export.
+ Added option for setting the Workgroup used by Samba
+ Added an option to set either the Intel or AMD kernel as default on boot
+ Changed the minimum cores to 2 to support dual-core processors and FahCore_a3.exe
+ Updated the info on the success.php page
* Command line programs / scripts
+ fahcontrol: Used for folding control and by the web administration
- parameters:
- start: start folding client
- stop: stop folding client
- restart: restart client
- oneunit: restart with -oneunit
- pause: send signal 19 to folding cores to stop execution
- continue: send signal 18 to folding cores to start execution
- backup: backup folding data
- restore: stop folding client, restore folding data, start folding client
+ fahsuid: small program used by web wrapper to give Apache web server access to fahcontrol and necessary system access
* File system
+ Changed file system to JFS in hopes to improve work unit stability from shutting down the client and also to reduce delay between work units
* FAH Utilities
+ Added qfix
0.9 -
* Web configuration
+ Added option for enabling tear's Langouste de-coupler on boot
+ Added option for enabling Ramdisk on boot
+ Setup a backup of Ramdisk on shutdown and restore to Ramdisk on boot
+ Made passkey optional for those who would rather not fold bigadv
0.8 -
* Updated kernel to 2.6.32.2
+ Added both Intel Core 2 and AMD optimized kernels
+ Changed timer frequency to 100 Hz and set to tickless (might help with clock drift issues reported)
+ Added BFS scheduler
+ Changed I/O scheduler from CFQ to Deadline
+ Added VirtualBox Additions 3.1.2
* System update
+ Upgraded to latest GLIBC-2.11
+ Rebuilt and optimized some of the core packages including init and bash
+ Changed init scripts to speedup boot process and to work with FAH auto-startup functionality
+ Removed /etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd.duid file (causes duplicates IP issues with multiple VMs on the same network)
+ Added Nano editor
* Web configuration
+ Added option to change Hostname
+ Added option to start FAH on bootup and included bigadv and core options
+ Setup web config to auto-fill in info if previously configured
* FAH Utilities
+ Added tear's Langouste WU upload/download de-coupler
0.7 -
* Upgraded to VirtualBox Additions 3.0.12
* Updated kernel to 2.6.31.6
+ Set compression to LZMA instead of GZIP for a smaller kernel image
+ Change optimization level to Os since folder performance was slighty better than level O2 or O3.
+ Disabled some debugging support
+ Disabled several other unnecessary features
+ Modularized USB support
* Set virtual machine to UTC to match the folding client time configuration
* Disabled console screensaver
* Added Pico editor as a secondary editor to Vi
* Added Cron support
* Made fah network share writable to allow for backing fah data to and from host operating system
* Command line additions
+ upkernel - Used for simplified kernel upgrades
+ timesync - Used to sync the clock on a specified interval (30 minutes default)
+ fahbackup - Makes a backup of the folding queue.dat file and work directory contents to a folder called backup or a destination of your choosing
+ web - Used to enable or disable the web configuration tool
+ buildramfs - Creates a Ramdisk, copies files from fah work folder to Ramdisk, and mounts Ramdisk to work folder (Default size 750000K)
0.6 -
* Disabled ScaleMP support in kernel due to fah6 crashes
0.5 -
* Upgraded to VirtualBox Additions 3.0.10
* Upgrade kernel to 2.6.31.3
+ Enabled Multi Core and SMT schedulers
+ Enabled ScaleMP support
+ Changed timer frequency from 1000 Hz to 250 Hz
+ Set maximum processors to 32
* Added web configuration interface
* Updated startup notification with FahMon and web configuration information
0.4 -
* Added VirtualBox Additions 3.0.6 in an attempt to minimize clock drift
* Setup automatic sync of hardware clock to system clock on boot
0.3 -
* Installed the stable kernel 2.6.31 version with its recent release
0.2 -
* Trimmed some unnecessary drivers out of the kernel
* Disabled multicore scheduling and hyperthreading support in kernel since these features did not seem to make any difference
* Added NTP support for clock sync (ntpd service disabled by default)
0.1 -
* Initial image
* Built and added optimized dev 2.6.31-rc9 kernel
* Added fah client
* Added network support for FahMon via Samba
* Configured system for a bare minimum service and process configuration to minimize memory usage
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