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@@ -1,17 +1,32 @@ --*- Text -*- +Version 1.5 (2015-04-10) -Changes between version 1.3 and unreleased +Numerous cleanups and stylistic fixes of the code base. Several +problems have been identified using static analysis tools and +subsequently been fixed. -The calculation of the number of blocks for the floppy drives has been -fixed. +A protected payload can now be associated with capabilities. This +payload is attached by the kernel to delivered messages and can be +used to speed up the object lookup in the receiving task. -The check for BSD labels in impossible situations has been removed. -This removes a spurious warning at boot time for extended partitions. +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 keyboard LEDs can be set. +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. -Changes between version 1.2 and version 1.3 +Version 1.4 (2013-09-27) + +Really too many to list them individually. Highlight include numerous bug and +stability fixes, a Xen port for 32-bit x86 including basic support for Physical +Address Extension (PAE), an initial AHCI driver (SATA hard disks), a new SLAB +memory allocator to replace the previous zone allocator, support for memory +object proxies, access restrictions for x86 I/O ports, support for some PCMCIA +devices based on the pcmcia-cs package. + +Version 1.3 The kernel now directly supports "boot scripts" in the form of multiboot module names with the same syntax as the Hurd's `serverboot' program. @@ -31,9 +46,8 @@ it perform better on today's machines. The console supports ANSI escape sequences for colors and attributes. Support for the terminal speeds B57600 and B115200 has been added. - -Changes between version 1.1 and version 1.2 +Version 1.2 Many bug fixes. @@ -57,9 +71,8 @@ former will install only the kernel, and the latter will install only the header files. Print out Mach device names instead of Linux ones. - -Changes between versions 1.0 and 1.1: +Version 1.1 Cross-compilation support is much improved. Any of various popular libc's is now sufficient for building clib-routines.o. |