Changes between Version 26 and Version 27 of ReleaseNotes/0.5.0
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- 2011-03-26T14:27:31Z (13 years ago)
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v26 v27 88 88 * The allocator was made thread-safe. 89 89 * The allocator strategy was changed from first-fit to next-fit. 90 * The allocator can now span disconti nuous virtual memory regions.90 * The allocator can now span discontiguous virtual memory regions. 91 91 * Robustness 92 * The standard library will detect and report programming errors such as certain types of deadlocks, 92 * The standard library will detect and report programming errors such as certain types of deadlocks, improper mixing of serialization means, and when locks are not being held as necessary. 93 93 * Concurrency 94 94 * Added the concept of sessions to the async framework, giving async framework clients a standard means of making parallel requests. … … 110 110 == Regressions in This Release == 111 111 112 * TemporaryHelenOS/ia64 regressions112 * HelenOS/ia64 regressions 113 113 * Removed support for running on real hardware. 114 114 * Removed support for detecting and booting on SMP hardware. 115 115 * These will be eventually fixed in some of the future releases. 116 * TemporaryHelenOS/ppc32 regressions116 * HelenOS/ppc32 regressions 117 117 * The PowerPC port has two major design issues which make it currently unable to boot or function properly. Therefore the port is unusable in this release. 118 118 * The affected code will be eventually redesigned and fixed in some of the future releases. 119 * HelenOS/sparc64/sun4v regression 120 * We found a last-minute regression of the sparc64/sun4v image. While the image works on a virtual sun4v machine, it fails to boot on a real Sun SPARC Enterprise T1000. 119 121 120 122 == Known Bugs == 121 123 122 * For the known bugs, please see the [ http://trac.helenos.org/trac.fcgi/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&group=status&order=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=type&col=owner&col=priority&col=component&col=version&keywords=!~doc&keywords=!~wiki&type=defectlist] of defects logged for the next releases.124 * For the known bugs, please see the [report:3 list] of defects logged for the next releases.