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authorThomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com>2016-12-18 19:16:18 +0100
committerThomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com>2016-12-18 19:16:18 +0100
commitec8e51c735d3963c24ec8739de400f20597a37ca (patch)
tree6ee3f00899aec9a491f33457730594a469fe74e6
parentbcc894b69d0d9a1a6f14ad7bd613808cc9f22ef7 (diff)
GNU Mach 1.8v1.8
* version.m4 (AC_PACKAGE_VERSION): Set to 1.8. * NEWS: Finalize for 1.8.
-rw-r--r--NEWS10
-rw-r--r--version.m42
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 7ff03751..8349550b 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Version 1.8 (2016-12-XX)
+Version 1.8 (2016-12-18)
The memory management system was extensively reworked. A new type for
physical addresses is now used where appropriate, and the system can
@@ -11,15 +11,15 @@ and as a result it now supports tasks with tens of thousands of
mappings.
Debugging and error reporting has been improved. Among other things
-the vm maps are now augmented with names that are used in error
+the VM maps are now augmented with names that are used in error
messages, panics and assertions point to their locations, the lock
debugging mechanism has been fixed, and the kernel debugger can now
inspect stack traces reaching into the machine-dependent bits
implemented in assembler.
-Countless bugs throughout the code have been fixed, notably minor
+As usual, bugs have been fixed throughout the code, including minor
issues with the gsync synchronization mechanism which is now used for
-the internal locks in the GNU C library.
+the internal locks in the GNU C Library (glibc).
The deprecated external memory management interface has been removed.
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ The kernel debugger can now parse ELF symbol tables, can be invoked
over serial lines, gained two new commands and has received usability
improvements.
-The vm pageout policy has been tuned to accommodate modern hardware.
+The VM pageout policy has been tuned to accommodate modern hardware.
The kernel gained partial ACPI support on x86, enough to power down
the system.
diff --git a/version.m4 b/version.m4
index 8ba48e03..d6696d62 100644
--- a/version.m4
+++ b/version.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
m4_define([AC_PACKAGE_NAME],[GNU Mach])
-m4_define([AC_PACKAGE_VERSION],[1.7])
+m4_define([AC_PACKAGE_VERSION],[1.8])
m4_define([AC_PACKAGE_BUGREPORT],[bug-hurd@gnu.org])
m4_define([AC_PACKAGE_TARNAME],[gnumach])