Changes between Version 51 and Version 52 of ReleaseNotes/0.5.0

Timestamp:

2012-01-20T23:24:36Z (12 years ago)

Author:

Jakub Jermář

Comment:

Mention kernel non-ident, nicf, nic drivers, remcons, websrv enhancements

ReleaseNotes/0.5.0

@@ -18 +18 @@
   * Introduced memory reservations in the kernel
     * Prevents from committing to allocate more memory than is really available.
+  * Support for non-identity kernel mappings
+    * Enables the kernel to access arbitrary physical address and removes thus the previous limitations.
 
 === Services and Drivers ===
@@ -38 +40 @@
     * Unplug limited due to missing DDF functionality
 
+  * NIC drivers
+    * DDF'ized Novell NE2000 driver
+    * Intel E1000 driver
+    * Realtek RTL8139 driver
+
+  * Remote console service `remcons`
+    * HelenOS can be accessed by telnet
+
 === File Systems ===
 
@@ -51 +61 @@
 === Networking ===
   * Brand new TCP implementation
+  * NIC driver framework to ease writing of network card drivers
 
 === Applications ===
@@ -58 +69 @@
   * Ported assembler and linker from GNU Binutils
   * Ported PCC (Portable C Compiler)
+  * Improved and enhanced the `websrv` application
 
 === Libraries ===