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diff --git a/gnumach-download.html b/gnumach-download.html index 1564a317..aaaa9ec6 100644 --- a/gnumach-download.html +++ b/gnumach-download.html @@ -45,12 +45,54 @@ <HR> <H3><A NAME="contents">Table of Contents</A></H3> <UL> + <LI><A HREF="#release" NAME="TOrelease">Latest Release</A> <LI><A HREF="#cvs" NAME="TOCcvs">CVS repository</A> <LI><A HREF="#tarball" NAME="TOCtarball">Archived snapshots</A> <LI><A HREF="#cvsweb" NAME="TOCcvsweb">Browsing the code</A> </UL> <HR> +<H3><A HREF="#TOCrelease" NAME="release">Latest Release</A></H3> +<P> +The latest release of GNU Mach is version 1.3, 2002-05-28. It features: +<UL> +<LI>Bug fixes.</LI> +<LI>The kernel now directly supports "boot scripts" in the form of +multiboot module names with the same syntax as the Hurd's +<code>serverboot</code> program. That is, instead of telling GRUB +<code>module /boot/serverboot</code>, you can give GRUB a series of +commands like <code>module /hurd/ext2fs ${...}</code> where the syntax +after <code>module</code> is the same as in boot scripts for Hurd's +<code>serverboot</code>.</LI> +<LI>The kernel message device <code>kmsg</code> is now enabled by +default. </code>--disable-kmsg</code> turns it off.</LI> +<LI>Large disks (>= 10GB) are now correctly supported, the new +<code>get_status</code> call <code>DEV_GET_RECORDS</code> can return +the number of records of a device.</LI> +<LI>Lots of tweaks have been done to the virtual memory management to +make it perform better on today's machines.</LI> +<LI>The console supports ANSI escape sequences for colors and +attributes.</LI> +<LI>Support for the terminal speeds B57600 and B115200 has been +added.</LI> +</UL> +<P> +You can download the latest version of GNU Mach from the GNU ftp server: +<UL> +<LI><CODE><A +HREF="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnumach/gnumach-1.3.tar.gz">gnumach-1.3.tar.gz</A></CODE> +[3639K].</LI> +<LI><CODE><A +HREF="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnumach/gnumach-1.3.tar.gz.sig">gnumach-1.3.tar.gz.sig</A></CODE> +[1K].</LI> +<LI><CODE><A +HREF="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnumach/gnumach-1.2-1.3.tar.gz">gnumach-1.2-1.3.tar.gz</A></CODE> +[310K], containing the differences between GNU Mach 1.2 and GNU Mach 1.3.</LI> +<LI><CODE><A +HREF="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnumach/gnumach-1.2-1.3.tar.gz.sig">gnumach-1.2-1.3.tar.gz.sig</A></CODE> +[1K].</LI> +</UL> + <H3><A HREF="#TOCcvs" NAME="cvs">CVS repository</A></H3> <P> The GNU Mach source code is managed in the version control system <A |