Changes between Version 73 and Version 74 of ReleaseNotes/0.5.0
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- 2012-08-08T11:08:40Z (11 years ago)
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ReleaseNotes/0.5.0
v73 v74 6 6 7 7 == Special Notes for this Release == 8 9 8 * The HelenOS/ia64 support for running on real hardware has been revived, currently in UP mode only. 10 9 * The HelenOS/ppc32 support has been revived. … … 14 13 15 14 === Kernel === 16 17 15 * Introduced memory reservations in the kernel 18 16 * Prevents from committing to allocate more memory than is really available … … 21 19 22 20 === Services and Drivers === 23 24 21 * Location service 25 22 * Replacement for ''device mapper'', ''services'' instead of ''devices'' … … 27 24 * Service categories replace ''devman'' device classes 28 25 * `/dev/devices` is now in `/loc/devices`, instead of `ls /dev/class` use the `loc` command 29 30 26 * Device driver framework (DDF) improvements 31 27 * Added `devctl` utility to print and manage device tree 32 28 * Anticipated device removal (using `devctl`) support (only works with some drivers) 33 34 29 * USB support 35 30 * UHCI and OHCI host controllers (USB 1.1) … … 38 33 * USB Mass Storage (standard USB flash drives) 39 34 * `lsusb` and `usbinfo` utilities 40 41 35 * Network adapter drivers 42 36 * DDF'ized Novell NE2000 driver … … 45 39 46 40 === File Systems === 47 48 41 * Added read-only support for Ext2 file system 49 42 * Added initial read / write support for exFAT file system … … 88 81 89 82 == Features Removed in This Release == 90 91 83 * Support for running HelenOS on the Sun Enterprise 6500 and Serengeti machines has been removed as the support for these platforms depended on the availability of the commercial Simics simulator. 92 93 == Regressions in This Release ==94 95 * For the list of regressions since the previous release, see this [query:keywords=fajtl_regression report].96 84 97 85 == Fixed Logged Bugs & Enhancements == … … 100 88 101 89 == Known Bugs == 102 90 * For the list of regressions since the previous release, see this [query:keywords=fajtl_regression report]. 103 91 * For the list of known bugs still not fixed in this release, see this [report:3 report]. 104 92 * For the list of all open tickets, see this [report:1 report].