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v117 v118 1 1 = Release Notes for HelenOS mainline = 2 2 3 HelenOS ''0.9.1 (Armonia) '' was released on ''May 11, 2019''.3 '''Note:''' This document is a draft describing a future HelenOS release and is subject to change. The software described here has not been released yet. To get these latest and greatest features now, check out our Git master. (But you will also get the latest bugs). 4 4 5 This document contains a summary of changes made to HelenOS since release [http://www.helenos.org/wiki/ReleaseNotes/0.8.0 0.8.0]. 5 HelenOS ''version (codename) '' was released on ''date''. 6 7 This document contains a summary of changes made to HelenOS since release previous release. 6 8 7 9 == Special Notes for this Release == 8 10 9 This release brings a small change in the version numbering scheme. Since there are two releases per year, the first one will be 0.<''YEAR''-2010>.1 and the second one will be 0.<''YEAR''-2010>.2. Note that the agile bi-annual release cycle might produce releases that are slightly less "polished" in certain aspects, but it is also a driving force towards turning HelenOS into a production-ready operating system in the near future. 11 == Features Introduced in This Release == 10 12 11 13 === General === 12 14 13 * ''Dynamic linking'' is now supported and enabled by default on amd64, arm32, ppc32 and sparc64 (in addition to previous support on ia32)14 15 * Support for the MIPS Malta machine was improved by enabling serial console input/output both in the kernel console and also for the user interface.16 17 * Support for [wiki:Arch/Arm64 arm64] architecture (AArch64) was added. The port can run on the QEMU ARM Virtual Machine.18 19 15 === Kernel === 20 21 * Support for serial console on the sparc64/sun4u machine was improved by enabling it in the kernel in addition to the already enabled support in the user interface.22 16 23 17 === Services and Drivers === 24 18 25 * New specialized utility {{{pci}}} for listing PCI devices 26 * Plus corresponding backend support in the PCI driver 19 === File Systems === 27 20 28 * Added driver for {{{virtio-blk}}} block devices. Use `-hdd virtio-blk` to enable in QEMU. So far this works only on ia32 and amd64. 21 === Networking === 22 23 === Applications === 24 25 === Libraries === 26 27 === Miscellaneous === 28 29 == Regressions in This Release == 30 * For the list of regressions since the previous release, see this [query:keywords=codename_regression report]. 31 * Notable regressions 29 32 30 33 == Fixed Logged Bugs & Enhancements == 31 * For the list of all logged defects fixed in this release, see this [query:status=closed&resolution=fixed&milestone= 0.9.1&type=defect report].32 * For the list of all logged enhancements integrated in this release, see this [query:status=closed&resolution=fixed&milestone= 0.9.1&type=enhancement report].34 * For the list of all logged defects fixed in this release, see this [query:status=closed&resolution=fixed&milestone=release&type=defect report]. 35 * For the list of all logged enhancements integrated in this release, see this [query:status=closed&resolution=fixed&milestone=release&type=enhancement report]. 33 36 34 37 == Known Bugs ==