From 4fd7c820be7a860e8cb93acb629db028f08ba71c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roland McGrath Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 20:00:56 +0000 Subject: 1.3 release ready --- =announce-1.3 | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+) create mode 100644 =announce-1.3 (limited to '=announce-1.3') diff --git a/=announce-1.3 b/=announce-1.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2f7edd0 --- /dev/null +++ b/=announce-1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +We are pleased to announce version 1.3 of the GNU distribution of the +Mach kernel. It may be found in the file (about 3.6 MB compressed) +ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnumach/gnumach-1.3.tar.gz; +unidiffs from version 1.2 (about 310 KB compressed) are in +ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnumach/gnumach-1.2-1.3.diff.gz. + +This distribution is only for x86 PC machines. +Volunteers interested in ports to other architectures are eagerly sought. + +We are no longer actively developing version 1.x of GNU Mach. We plan to +make only necessary bug fixes or trivial enhancements in the 1.x line, +and make further 1.x releases only as necessary for those purposes. +New development efforts have been underway for some time on a new version +of GNU Mach using the OSKit from the University of Utah for hardware +support. Those efforts previously called OSKit-Mach are now working +towards the future version 2.0 of GNU Mach. + +Aside from bug fixes, major changes from 1.2 (from the NEWS file) are: + +The kernel now directly supports "boot scripts" in the form of multiboot +module names with the same syntax as the Hurd's `serverboot' program. +That is, instead of telling GRUB "module /boot/serverboot", you can give +GRUB a series of command like "module /hurd/ext2fs ${...}" where the +syntax after "module" is the same as in boot scripts for Hurd's `serverboot'. + +The kernel message device `kmsg' is now enabled by default. +--disable-kmsg turns it off. + +Large disks (>= 10GB) are now correctly supported, the new get_status +call DEV_GET_RECORDS can return the number of records of a device. + +Lots of tweaks have been done to the virtual memory management to make +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. + + +Bug reports relating to this distribution should be sent to +bug-hurd@gnu.org. Requests for assistance should be made on +help-hurd@gnu.org. + +The md5sum checksums for this distribution are: + +61e90803889b079a380e30056b21d076 gnumach-1.3.tar.gz +56ca6aa9040c4d4c4ef7a9757bb0509c gnumach-1.2-1.3.diff.gz -- cgit v1.2.3