From 30b32d2ccbf95436b642e6208d6829dcf68981fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Bushnell Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 21:53:03 +0000 Subject: prerelease work --- =announce-1.0 | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+) create mode 100644 =announce-1.0 (limited to '=announce-1.0') diff --git a/=announce-1.0 b/=announce-1.0 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a8eb895 --- /dev/null +++ b/=announce-1.0 @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +I am pleased to announce version 1.0 of the GNU distribution of the +Mach kernel. It may be found in the file (about XXX MB compressed) +ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/gnumach-1.0.tar.gz. + +This distribution was prepared in order to install some bug fixes and +minor improvements (not worth noting here) to the Utah microkernel, +and to make the package conform to the GNU coding standards, at least +minimally, as regards configuration. This was based upon the UK22 +distribution, with some modifications made at Utah as well. + +This kernel will be in the forthcoming complete binary distribution of +GNU. The release is being made now, in the hopes that any serious +problems we didn't notice might be found in advance of that +distribution. Volunteers who are interested in compiling this release +should do so, and please report any problems asap. + +All the non-kernel pieces of the Utah distribution are not present in +this distribution, except for the MiG interface generator which is +still supplied. These other pieces were never used for GNU, and are +not really part of the kernel at all. We may separate MiG into a +separate distribution for convenience at some later date. + +This distribution is only for i386, i486, i586 (pentium), and i686 +(sexium [pentium pro]) processors on PC-AT compatible machines. +Volunteers interested in ports to other architectures are eagerly +sought. + +Most ethernet cards and disk controllers are supported by this kernel; +ones for which Linux drivers exist can be ported easily. Non-network +devices for which BSD drivers exist can be ported with a little +effort, but not much. + +Bug reports relating to this distribution should be sent to +bug-hurd@prep.ai.mit.edu. Requests for assistance should be made on +help-hurd@prep.ai.mit.edu. + +The md5sum checksum for gnumach-1.0.tar.gz is: + -- cgit v1.2.3